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Leonhard Euler
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Jakob Emanuel Handmann
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Leonhard Euler by Darbes
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Joseph Friedrich August Darbes
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欧拉

歐拉
Ōulā
proper noun #14,560

Meanings

  1. 1 Euler (Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician)

About Leonhard Euler

1707–1783 · 科学家 scientist

Swiss mathematician, the most productive in history, who worked in St Petersburg and Berlin and kept working after he went blind. Students meet him in 欧拉公式, Euler's formula, and in the Königsberg bridge puzzle that began graph theory.

Also called  莱昂哈德·欧拉

Examples

HSK 5
Ōulā shì shùxué shǐ shang zuì duōchǎn de shùxuéjiā zhīyī.
Euler was one of the most prolific mathematicians in history.
HSK 7-9
Ōulā gōngshì shì shùxué zhōng zuì yōuměi de gōngshì.
Euler's formula is the most beautiful formula in mathematics.

Tips

mistakes
Euler is often mispronounced in English as 'you-ler'. The correct pronunciation is 'oy-ler' - the Chinese 欧拉 (Ōulā) actually gets closer to the original German than many English speakers do.

Stroke Order

欧 ōu
拉 lā