Comment Re:my vote goes to... (Score 1) 525
Yeah, he was pretty cool.
so damned much mathematical output that we still haven't published it all
I once read that in the time he was alive, approximately one third of all the world's output in the physical sciences was contributed by Euler. Pretty impressive.
Also, his memory was pretty good: He apparently knew the first 100 or so primes and their squares, cubes and fourth, fifth and sixth powers. So chalk up two votes to Euler
so damned much mathematical output that we still haven't published it all
I once read that in the time he was alive, approximately one third of all the world's output in the physical sciences was contributed by Euler. Pretty impressive.
Also, his memory was pretty good: He apparently knew the first 100 or so primes and their squares, cubes and fourth, fifth and sixth powers. So chalk up two votes to Euler
