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Leonhard Euler

Overview

The man who wrote more math than anyone else in history.

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What is it?

Swiss mathematician who connected everything. He went blind later in life but kept producing a paper every week by dictating them!

History

1707-1783. He gave us the symbols for Pi, i (imaginary unit), and f(x) for functions.

Key Idea

Euler's Identity (e to the i-pi + 1 = 0) is considered the most beautiful equation in the world.