Leonhard Euler
Matematicar, fizicar, logicar i inzinjer koji je otkrio mnoge stvari u matematici da ga mnogi smatraju najznacajnijom licnoscu u istoriji matematike.
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Poznata propozicija Eulera kao dokaz postojanja Boga - Euler's identity nazvana "the most remarkable formula in mathematics."
where
e is Euler's number, the base of the natural logarithm,
i is the imaginary unit, one of the two complex numbers whose square is negative one (the other is -i\,\!), and
pi is pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
Euler's identity is also sometimes called "Euler's equation".
Euler's identity is remarkable for its mathematical beauty. Three basic arithmetic functions are present exactly once: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation. As well, the identity links five fundamental mathematical constants:
The number 0.
The number 1.
The number π, which is ubiquitous in trigonometry, Euclidean geometry, and mathematical analysis.
The number e, the base of natural logarithms, which occurs widely in mathematical analysis.
The number i, imaginary unit of the complex numbers, which contain the roots of all nonconstant polynomials and lead to deeper insight into many operators, such as integration.
Furthermore, in mathematical analysis, equations are commonly written with zero on one side.
A reader poll conducted by Physics World in 2004 named Euler's identity the "greatest equation ever", together with Maxwell's equations.
Constance Reid even claimed that Euler's identity was "the most famous formula in all mathematics".
Gauss is reported to have commented that if this formula was not immediately apparent to a student on being told it, the student would never be a first-class mathematician.[1]
After proving the identity in a lecture, Benjamin Peirce, a noted nineteenth century mathematician and Harvard professor, said, "It is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means, but we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth." [2]
Na kraju njegovo vidjenje Svetih Knjiga:
“The Holy Scripture not only provides those who are seriously concerned with the improvement of their hearts with the most powerful means to that end, but that it also leads them in time to a greater knowledge of God”.
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