• The Euler number (Eu) is a dimensionless number used in fluid flow calculations. It expresses the relationship between a local pressure drop caused by...
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    In mathematics and physics, many topics are named in honor of Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who made many important discoveries and...
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    faces minus the number of edges of a polyhedron equals 2, a number now commonly known as the Euler characteristic. In physics, Euler reformulated Isaac...
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    Euler's identity (also known as Euler's equation) is the equality e i π + 1 = 0 {\displaystyle e^{i\pi }+1=0} where e {\displaystyle e} is Euler's number...
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    mobile frame of reference in physics or the orientation of a general basis in three dimensional linear algebra. Classic Euler angles usually take the inclination...
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  • The 18th-century Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) is among the most prolific and successful mathematicians in the history of the field....
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    is a complex number, and is also called Euler's formula in this more general case. Euler's formula is ubiquitous in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and...
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    sometimes called Euler's number, after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, though this can invite confusion with Euler numbers, or with Euler's constant,...
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  • In the calculus of variations and classical mechanics, the Euler–Lagrange equations are a system of second-order ordinary differential equations whose...
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  • In mathematics, the Euler–Maclaurin formula is a formula for the difference between an integral and a closely related sum. It can be used to approximate...
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    dynamics, the Euler equations are a set of partial differential equations governing adiabatic and inviscid flow. They are named after Leonhard Euler. In particular...
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    Opera Omnia Leonhard Euler (Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia) is the compilation of Leonhard Euler's scientific writings. The project of this compilation...
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  • topological Euler characteristic, it is not restricted to integer values and is in general a rational number. It is of interest in mathematical physics, specifically...
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    historically notable problem in mathematics. Its negative resolution by Leonhard Euler, in 1736, laid the foundations of graph theory and prefigured the idea of...
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    modern number theory, after Fermat's relative lack of success in getting his contemporaries' attention for the subject. Euler's work on number theory...
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    In mathematics and computational science, the Euler method (also called the forward Euler method) is a first-order numerical procedure for solving ordinary...
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  • on differentiable manifolds. The Euler operator, which associates to each variational problem the corresponding Euler–Lagrange equation, is the analog...
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    American Blogs. This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 124), (Week 126), (Week 147), (Week 213) Euler's Proof That 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ = −1/12 – by John Baez...
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    Euler–Bernoulli beam theory (also known as engineer's beam theory or classical beam theory) is a simplification of the linear theory of elasticity which...
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    kinetic energy T of the system. Leonhard Euler corresponded with Maupertuis from 1740 to 1744;: 582  in 1744 Euler proposed a refined formulation of the...
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    that every even number is the sum of two primes, in a 1742 letter to Euler. Euler proved Alhazen's conjecture (now the Euclid–Euler theorem) that all...
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    In physics, angular velocity (symbol ω or ω → {\displaystyle {\vec {\omega }}} , the lowercase Greek letter omega), also known as the angular frequency...
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  • Leonhard Euler Gold Medal (Золотая медаль имени Леонарда Эйлера) is a medal named after the Swiss, German, and Russian mathematician Leonhard Euler, awarded...
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  • known as the Euler equation. This simplified equation is applicable to inviscid flow as well as flow with low viscosity and a Reynolds number much greater...
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    pivotal role in analytic number theory and has applications in physics, probability theory, and applied statistics. Leonhard Euler first introduced and studied...
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  • and physics, and some of these formulae are commonly used for defining π, to avoid relying on the definition of the length of a curve. The number π is...
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    Joseph-Louis Lagrange (category Number theorists)
    number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics. In 1766, on the recommendation of Leonhard Euler and d'Alembert, Lagrange succeeded Euler as...
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  • In physics, action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory...
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    In physics, Lagrangian mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the d'Alembert principle of virtual work. It was introduced by the...
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  • International System of Units ISO 31 Elert, Glenn. "Special Symbols". The Physics Hypertextbook. Retrieved 4 August 2021. NIST (16 August 2023). "SI Units"...
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