Leonhard Euler and the Sciences
Leonhard Euler’s contributions were to the Sciences in general, even though he is primarily known as a mathematician. He was employed at St. Petersburg and Berlin ostensibly as a professional mathematician whose duties were manifold due to the enormous talents that he displayed. As in all times, there have been specialists whose efforts were focused. Leonhard Euler was possessed of a genius that far surpassed the confines of any one scientific subject. Neither did Euler just "dabble" in a subject. His worth and knowledge were of such value that both Russian and Prussian scientific communities conducted a tug of war as to which academy would employ his genius.
The primary purpose of this web site is to request Euler-related contributions and to provide access to the largest possible body of his work prior to the celebration of Leonhard Euler’s Tercentenary in 2007.
| Published in the Berlin Memoires 1. 1745
Synopsis: It is a research paper in ballistics, commissioned as a study for artillery for the Prussian army. Euler’s scientific contributions covered astronomy, mechanics, naval science, optics, magnetics, electricity and thermodynamics as outlined by the Opera Omnia, Series secunda. |
Euler's Fourteen Problems Ed Sandifer
Department of Mathematics
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT 06810
sandifer@wcsu.ctstateu.edu
www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/~Sandifer January 8, 2001 Synopsis: The role of problems in promoting and guiding progress in mathematics is well known. Over the centuries, the ways have changed by which problems are set before the mathematical community. I admit to a gross simplification of a considerably more complex situation as I try to condense the last five centuries of this evolution into just a few sentences. |
