In
mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
and
physics
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
, many topics are
named in honor of Swiss mathematician
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential ...
(1707–1783), who made many important discoveries and innovations. Many of these items named after Euler include their own unique function, equation, formula, identity, number (single or sequence), or other mathematical entity. Many of these entities have been given simple yet ambiguous names such as Euler's function, Euler's equation, and Euler's formula.
Euler's work touched upon so many fields that he is often the earliest written reference on a given matter. In an effort to avoid naming everything after Euler, some discoveries and theorems are attributed to the first person to have proved them ''after'' Euler.
Conjectures
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Euler's sum of powers conjecture
In number theory, Euler's conjecture is a disproved conjecture related to Fermat's Last Theorem. It was proposed by Leonhard Euler in 1769. It states that for all integers and greater than 1, if the sum of many th powers of positive integers ...
disproved for exponents 4 and 5 during the 20th century; unsolved for higher exponents
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Euler's Graeco-Latin square conjecture proved to be true for and disproved otherwise, during the 20th century
Equations
Usually, ''Euler's equation'' refers to one of (or a set of)
differential equations (DEs). It is customary to classify them into
ODEs and
PDEs.
Otherwise, ''Euler's equation'' may refer to a non-differential equation, as in these three cases:
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Euler–Lotka equation, a
characteristic equation employed in mathematical demography
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Euler's pump and turbine equation
The Euler pump and turbine equations are the most fundamental equations in the field of turbo-machinery, turbomachinery. These equations govern the power, efficiencies and other factors that contribute to the design of turbomachines. With the help ...
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Euler transform
In combinatorics, the binomial transform is a sequence transformation (i.e., a transform of a sequence) that computes its forward differences. It is closely related to the Euler transform, which is the result of applying the binomial transform to t ...
used to accelerate the convergence of an alternating series and is also frequently applied to the
hypergeometric series
In mathematics, the Gaussian or ordinary hypergeometric function 2''F''1(''a'',''b'';''c'';''z'') is a special function represented by the hypergeometric series, that includes many other special functions as specific or limiting cases. It is ...
Ordinary differential equations
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Euler rotation equations, a set of
first-order ODEs concerning the rotations of a
rigid body
In physics, a rigid body, also known as a rigid object, is a solid body in which deformation is zero or negligible, when a deforming pressure or deforming force is applied on it. The distance between any two given points on a rigid body rema ...
.
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Euler–Cauchy equation, a linear equidimensional
second-order ODE with
variable coefficients. Its second-order version can emerge from
Laplace's equation
In mathematics and physics, Laplace's equation is a second-order partial differential equation named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, who first studied its properties in 1786. This is often written as
\nabla^2\! f = 0 or \Delta f = 0,
where \Delt ...
in
polar coordinates
In mathematics, the polar coordinate system specifies a given point (mathematics), point in a plane (mathematics), plane by using a distance and an angle as its two coordinate system, coordinates. These are
*the point's distance from a reference ...
.
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Euler–Bernoulli beam equation, a fourth-order ODE concerning the elasticity of structural beams.
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Euler's differential equation
In mathematics, Euler's differential equation is a first-order non-linear ordinary differential equation, named after Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician ...
, a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation
Partial differential equations
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Euler conservation equations, a set of quasilinear first-order
hyperbolic equation
In mathematics, a hyperbolic partial differential equation of order n is a partial differential equation (PDE) that, roughly speaking, has a well-posed initial value problem for the first n - 1 derivatives. More precisely, the Cauchy problem can ...
s used in
fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in motion ...
for
inviscid flow
In fluid dynamics, inviscid flow is the flow of an ''inviscid fluid'' which is a fluid with zero viscosity.
The Reynolds number of inviscid flow approaches infinity as the viscosity approaches zero. When viscous forces are neglected, such as the ...
s. In the (Froude) limit of no external field, they are
conservation equations
Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws.
Conservation may also refer to:
Environment and natural resources
* Nature conservation, the protection and manage ...
.
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Euler–Tricomi equation In mathematics, the Euler–Tricomi equation is a linear partial differential equation useful in the study of transonic flow. It is named after mathematicians Leonhard Euler and Francesco Giacomo Tricomi.
:
u_+xu_=0. \,
It is elliptic in the ...
– a second-order PDE emerging from Euler conservation equations.
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Euler–Poisson–Darboux equation In mathematics, the Euler–Poisson–Darboux(EPD) equation is the partial differential equation
: u_+\frac=0.
This equation is named for Siméon Poisson, Leonhard Euler, and Gaston Darboux. It plays an important role in solving the classical w ...
, a second-order PDE playing important role in solving the
wave equation
The wave equation is a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields such as mechanical waves (e.g. water waves, sound waves and seismic waves) or electromagnetic waves (including light ...
.
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Euler–Lagrange equation
In the calculus of variations and classical mechanics, the Euler–Lagrange equations are a system of second-order ordinary differential equations whose solutions are stationary points of the given action functional. The equations were discovered ...
, a second-order PDE emerging from minimization problems in
calculus of variations
The calculus of variations (or variational calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in Function (mathematics), functions
and functional (mathematics), functionals, to find maxima and minima of f ...
.
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Euler–Arnold equation
In mathematical physics, the Euler–Arnold equations are a class of partial differential equations (PDEs) that describe the evolution of a velocity field when the Lagrangian flow is a geodesic in a group of smooth transformations (see groupo ...
, describes the evolution of a
velocity field
In continuum mechanics the flow velocity in fluid dynamics, also macroscopic velocity in statistical mechanics, or drift velocity in electromagnetism, is a vector field used to mathematically describe the motion of a continuum. The length of the f ...
when the
Lagrangian flow is a
geodesic
In geometry, a geodesic () is a curve representing in some sense the locally shortest path ( arc) between two points in a surface, or more generally in a Riemannian manifold. The term also has meaning in any differentiable manifold with a conn ...
in a
group
A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.
Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
of smooth
transformation
Transformation may refer to:
Science and mathematics
In biology and medicine
* Metamorphosis, the biological process of changing physical form after birth or hatching
* Malignant transformation, the process of cells becoming cancerous
* Trans ...
s.
Formulas
Functions
*The
Euler function
In mathematics, the Euler function is given by
:\phi(q)=\prod_^\infty (1-q^k),\quad , q, <1.
Named after Leonhard Euler, it is a model example of a q-series, ''q''-series and provides the prototypical example of a relation between combina ...
, a
modular form
In mathematics, a modular form is a holomorphic function on the complex upper half-plane, \mathcal, that roughly satisfies a functional equation with respect to the group action of the modular group and a growth condition. The theory of modul ...
that is a prototypical
q-series
In the mathematical field of combinatorics, the ''q''-Pochhammer symbol, also called the ''q''-shifted factorial, is the product
(a;q)_n = \prod_^ (1-aq^k)=(1-a)(1-aq)(1-aq^2)\cdots(1-aq^),
with (a;q)_0 = 1.
It is a ''q''-analog of the Pochhamme ...
.
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Euler's totient function
In number theory, Euler's totient function counts the positive integers up to a given integer that are relatively prime to . It is written using the Greek letter phi as \varphi(n) or \phi(n), and may also be called Euler's phi function. In ot ...
(or Euler phi (φ) function) in
number theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...
, counting the number of coprime integers less than an integer.
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Euler hypergeometric integral
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Euler–Riemann zeta function
Identities
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Euler's identity
In mathematics, Euler's identity (also known as Euler's equation) is the Equality (mathematics), equality
e^ + 1 = 0
where
:e is E (mathematical constant), Euler's number, the base of natural logarithms,
:i is the imaginary unit, which by definit ...
.
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Euler's four-square identity
In mathematics, Euler's four-square identity says that the product of two numbers, each of which is a sum of four squares, is itself a sum of four squares.
Algebraic identity
For any pair of quadruples from a commutative ring, the following expres ...
, which shows that the product of two sums of four squares can itself be expressed as the sum of four squares.
*''Euler's identity'' may also refer to the
pentagonal number theorem
In mathematics, Euler's pentagonal number theorem relates the product and series representations of the Euler function. It states that
:\prod_^\left(1-x^\right)=\sum_^\left(-1\right)^x^=1+\sum_^\infty(-1)^k\left(x^+x^\right).
In other words,
: ...
.
Numbers
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Euler's number
The number is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828 that is the base of the natural logarithm and exponential function. It is sometimes called Euler's number, after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, though this can ...
, , the base of the natural logarithm
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Euler's idoneal numbers, a set of 65 or possibly 66 or 67 integers with special properties
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Euler numbers
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential ...
, integers occurring in the coefficients of the Taylor series of 1/cosh ''t''
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Eulerian number
In combinatorics, the Eulerian number A(n,k) is the number of permutations of the numbers 1 to ''n'' in which exactly ''k'' elements are greater than the previous element (permutations with ''k'' "ascents").
Leonhard Euler investigated them and ...
s count certain types of permutations.
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Euler number (physics)
The Euler number (Eu) is a dimensionless number used in fluid flow calculations. It expresses the relationship between a local pressure drop caused by a restriction and the kinetic energy per volume of the flow, and is used to characterize energ ...
, the cavitation number in
fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in motion ...
.
*Euler number (algebraic topology) – now,
Euler characteristic
In mathematics, and more specifically in algebraic topology and polyhedral combinatorics, the Euler characteristic (or Euler number, or Euler–Poincaré characteristic) is a topological invariant, a number that describes a topological space's ...
, classically the number of vertices minus edges plus faces of a polyhedron.
*Euler number (3-manifold topology) – see
Seifert fiber space
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Lucky numbers of Euler
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Euler's constant
Euler's constant (sometimes called the Euler–Mascheroni constant) is a mathematical constant, usually denoted by the lowercase Greek letter gamma (), defined as the limit of a sequence, limiting difference between the harmonic series (math ...
gamma (''γ''), also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant
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Eulerian integers, more commonly called Eisenstein integers, the algebraic integers of form where is a complex cube root of 1.
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Euler–Gompertz constant
Theorems
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Euclid–Euler theorem
The Euclid–Euler theorem is a theorem in number theory that relates perfect numbers to Mersenne primes. It states that an even number is perfect if and only if it has the form , where is a prime number. The theorem is named after mathematician ...
, characterizing even perfect numbers
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Euler's theorem
In number theory, Euler's theorem (also known as the Fermat–Euler theorem or Euler's totient theorem) states that, if and are coprime positive integers, then a^ is congruent to 1 modulo , where \varphi denotes Euler's totient function; that ...
, on modular exponentiation
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Euler's partition theorem relating the product and series representations of the Euler function Π(1 − ''x''
''n'')
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Goldbach–Euler theorem
In mathematics, the Goldbach–Euler theorem (also known as Goldbach's theorem), states that the sum of 1/(''p'' − 1) over the set of perfect powers ''p'', excluding 1 and omitting repetitions, converges to 1:
:\sum_^\frac= + \c ...
, stating that sum of 1/(''k'' − 1), where ''k'' ranges over positive integers of the form ''m''
''n'' for ''m'' ≥ 2 and ''n'' ≥ 2, equals 1
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Laws
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Euler's first law, the sum of the external forces acting on a rigid body is equal to the rate of change of
linear momentum
In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (: momenta or momentums; more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. I ...
of the body.
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Euler's second law, the sum of the external
moments about a point is equal to the rate of change of
angular momentum
Angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of Momentum, linear momentum. It is an important physical quantity because it is a Conservation law, conserved quantity – the total ang ...
about that point.
Other things
Topics by field of study
Selected topics from above, grouped by subject, and additional topics from the fields of music and physical systems
Analysis: derivatives, integrals, and logarithms
Geometry and spatial arrangement
Graph theory
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Euler characteristic
In mathematics, and more specifically in algebraic topology and polyhedral combinatorics, the Euler characteristic (or Euler number, or Euler–Poincaré characteristic) is a topological invariant, a number that describes a topological space's ...
(formerly called Euler number) in
algebraic topology
Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariant (mathematics), invariants that classification theorem, classify topological spaces up t ...
and
topological graph theory
In mathematics, topological graph theory is a branch of graph theory. It studies the embedding of graphs in surfaces, spatial embeddings of graphs, and graphs as topological spaces. It also studies immersions of graphs.
Embedding a graph in ...
, and the corresponding Euler's formula
*Eulerian circuit, Euler cycle or
Eulerian path
In graph theory, an Eulerian trail (or Eulerian path) is a trail (graph theory), trail in a finite graph (discrete mathematics), graph that visits every edge (graph theory), edge exactly once (allowing for revisiting vertices). Similarly, an Eule ...
– a path through a graph that takes each edge once
**Eulerian graph has all its vertices spanned by an Eulerian path
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Euler class
In mathematics, specifically in algebraic topology, the Euler class is a characteristic class of oriented, real vector bundles. Like other characteristic classes, it measures how "twisted" the vector bundle is. In the case of the tangent bundle o ...
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Euler diagram
An Euler diagram (, ) is a diagrammatic means of representing Set (mathematics), sets and their relationships. They are particularly useful for explaining complex hierarchies and overlapping definitions. They are similar to another set diagrammi ...
– popularly called "Venn diagrams", although some use this term only for a subclass of Euler diagrams.
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Euler tour technique
Music
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Euler–Fokker genus
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Euler's tritone
Number theory
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Euler's criterion
In number theory, Euler's criterion is a formula for determining whether an integer is a quadratic residue modulo a prime. Precisely,
Let ''p'' be an odd prime and ''a'' be an integer coprime to ''p''. Then
:
a^ \equiv
\begin
\;\;\,1\pmod& \text ...
– quadratic residues modulo by primes
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Euler product
In number theory, an Euler product is an expansion of a Dirichlet series into an infinite product indexed by prime numbers. The original such product was given for the sum of all positive integers raised to a certain power as proven by Leonhard E ...
–
infinite product
In mathematics, for a sequence of complex numbers ''a''1, ''a''2, ''a''3, ... the infinite product
:
\prod_^ a_n = a_1 a_2 a_3 \cdots
is defined to be the limit of the partial products ''a''1''a''2...''a'n'' as ''n'' increases without bound ...
expansion, indexed by prime numbers of a
Dirichlet series
In mathematics, a Dirichlet series is any series of the form
\sum_^\infty \frac,
where ''s'' is complex, and a_n is a complex sequence. It is a special case of general Dirichlet series.
Dirichlet series play a variety of important roles in anal ...
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Euler pseudoprime
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Euler–Jacobi pseudoprime
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Euler's totient function
In number theory, Euler's totient function counts the positive integers up to a given integer that are relatively prime to . It is written using the Greek letter phi as \varphi(n) or \phi(n), and may also be called Euler's phi function. In ot ...
(or Euler phi (φ) function) in
number theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...
, counting the number of coprime integers less than an integer.
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Euler system
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Euler's factorization method
Physical systems
Polynomials
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Euler's homogeneous function theorem
In mathematics, a homogeneous function is a function of several variables such that the following holds: If each of the function's arguments is multiplied by the same scalar, then the function's value is multiplied by some power of this scalar; ...
, a theorem about
homogeneous polynomial
In mathematics, a homogeneous polynomial, sometimes called quantic in older texts, is a polynomial whose nonzero terms all have the same degree. For example, x^5 + 2 x^3 y^2 + 9 x y^4 is a homogeneous polynomial of degree 5, in two variables ...
s.
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Euler polynomials
In mathematics, the Bernoulli polynomials, named after Jacob Bernoulli, combine the Bernoulli numbers and binomial coefficients. They are used for series expansion of functions, and with the Euler–MacLaurin formula.
These polynomials occur ...
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Euler spline – splines composed of arcs using Euler polynomials
See also
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Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics
The 18th-century Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) is among the most prolific and successful mathematicians in the history of the field. His seminal work had a profound impact in numerous areas of mathematics and he is widely cr ...
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