Leonhard Euler

The most prolific mathematician in history, who named π and e, founded graph theory, and wrote half of all living mathematics in his day.

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1707 – 1783

Core Principles & Analysis

• His Opera Omnia runs past eighty volumes, much of it dictated after he went blind.
• He popularized π, e, i, Σ and f(x) — modern notation is substantially his invention.
• The Konigsberg bridges paper of 1736 is the founding document of graph theory.