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41Number theorists / Leonhard Euler / Euler Society / Paddle steamer / Steamboat / Euler / Propeller / Paddle

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Propulsion of Ships February, 2004 Long before there were Fields Medals or Nobel Prizes, the great scientific academies of Europe regularly proposed problems, with lucrative cash prizes fo

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42Integer sequences / Number theory / Divisor function / Algebraic number theory / Perfect number / Modular arithmetic / Amicable numbers / Divisor / Prime number / Quadratic reciprocity / Leonhard Euler / Coprime integers

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Odd Perfect Numbers November 2006 The subject we now call “number theory” was not a very popular one in the 18th century. Euler wrote almost a hundred papers on the subject, but the fi

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43Logarithms / Natural logarithm / Common logarithm / Geometric mean / Exponentiation / E / Trigonometric functions / Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics / Binary logarithm

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Finding logarithms by hand July 2005 Today, it is just as easy to take a square root as it is to find a logarithm. You just find your calculator, turn it on, and press a few buttons. The f

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44Triangle geometry / Triangles / Triangle / Euler line / Isosceles triangle / Altitude / Spherical geometry

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Beyond Isosceles Triangles April, 2004 We know lots about triangles for which ∠A = ∠ B . Such triangles are isosceles, and we have known at least since Euclid that ∠A = ∠ B exactly

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45Bernoulli family / Number theorists / Fellows of the Royal Society / Leonhard Euler / Jacob Bernoulli / Nicolaus II Bernoulli / St. Petersburg paradox / Daniel Bernoulli / Ars Conjectandi / Nicolaus Bernoulli / Utility

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer St. Petersburg Paradox July 2007 If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? -attributed to Albert Einstein)

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46Trigonometry / Dimensionless numbers / Ratios / Planar graphs / Platonic solids / Trigonometric functions / Sine / Regular icosahedron / E / Triangle / Inverse trigonometric functions / Circumscribed circle

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer A Product of Secants May 2008 When an interesting illustration catches our eye, we sometimes stop to figure out what it is. But when I first saw this illustration I was in a hurry. I resol

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47Mathematical constants / Mathematical series / Leonhard Euler / E / Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope / Differential equation / Pi / Number theory / Book:Leonhard Euler on Fluids / Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Density of air July 2009 Leonhard Euler did an immense amount of work in optics, but that work is not very well known among mathematicians. Seven volumes in Series III of the Opera omnia a

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48Integer sequences / Leonhard Euler / Prime number / Number theory

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer 2aa + bb January 2006 How do we know what to try to prove? A logician, or perhaps a Euclidean geometer, might try to say that we don’t try to prove

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49Divergent series / Mathematical series / Geometric series / Real analysis / Summability methods / Series / 1  2 + 3  4 + / 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + / 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + / Taylor series / Alternating series / Natural logarithm

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Divergent series June 2006 Today we are fairly comfortable with the idea that some series just don’t add up. For example, the series

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50Earth / Obsolete scientific theories / Hollow Earth / Subterranea / Geodesy / Leonhard Euler / Precession / Euler Society / Astronomy / Figure of the Earth / Euler / John Cleves Symmes /  Jr.

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Euler and the Hollow Earth: Fact or Fiction? AprilIs the earth hollow? Is there a sun 600 miles in diameter at the center of the hollow earth? Is the

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