References for Leonard Euler
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Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
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Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Books:
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H Bernhard, Euler, in H Wussing and W Arnold, Biographien bedeutender
Mathematiker (Berlin, 1983).
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C B Boyer, The Age of Euler, in A History of Mathematics (1968).
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J T Cannon and S Dostrovsky, The evolution of dynamics : vibration theory
from 1687 to 1742 (New York, 1981).
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R Fueter, Leonhard Euler (Basel,1948).
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Leonhard Euler 1707-1783 : Beitrage zu Leben und Werk (Basel-Boston,
1983).
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G du Pasquier, Leonhard Euler et ses amis (Paris, 1927).
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A Speiser, Die Basler Mathematiker (Basel, 1939).
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O Speiss, Leonhard Euler (1929).
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R Thiele, Leonhard Euler (Leipzig,1982).
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A P Yushkevich and E Winter (eds.), Leonhard Euler and Christian Goldbach:
Briefwechsel 1729-1764 (Berlin, 1965).
Articles:
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G L Alexanderson, Ars expositionis : Euler as writer and teacher, Math.
Mag. 56 (5) (1983), 274-278.
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G E Andrews, Euler's pentagonal number theorem, Math. Mag. 56
(5) (1983), 279-284.
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A A Antropov, On Euler's partition of forms into genera, Historia Math.
22 (2) (1995), 188-193.
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R Ayoub, Euler and the zeta function, Amer. Math. Monthly 81
(1974), 1067-1086.
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P Bailhache, Deux mathématiciens musiciens : Euler et d'Alember,
Physis Riv. Internaz. Storia Sci. (N.S.) 32 (1) (1995), 1-35.
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C Baltus, Continued fractions and the Pell equations : The work of Euler
and Lagrange, Comm. Anal. Theory Contin. Fractions 3 (1994),
4-31.
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E J Barbeau and P J Leah, Euler's 1760 paper on divergent series, Historia
Math. 3 (2) (1976), 141-160.
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I G Bashmakova, Leonhard Euler's contributions to algebra (Russian), Development
of the ideas of Leonhard Euler and modern science 'Nauka' (Moscow,
1988), 139-152.
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J J Burckhardt, Leonhard Euler, 1707-1783, Math. Mag. 56
(5) (1983), 262-273.
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M G Butorina, Euler's use of Newton's polygon method (Russian), Voprosy
Istor. Estestvoznan. i Tekhn. (2) (1992), 94-95.
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R Calinger, Leonhard Euler: The first St Petersburg years (1727-1741),
Historia Mathematica 23 (1996), 121-166.
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D Cameron, Euler and Maclaurin made easy, Math. Sci. 12 (1)
(1987), 3-20.
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G Chobanov and I Chobanov, Lagrange or Euler? I. The past, Annuaire
Univ. Sofia Fac. Math. Méc. 73 (1979), 13-51.
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G Chobanov and I Chobanov, Lagrange or Euler? II. The present, Annuaire
Univ. Sofia Fac. Math. Inform. 82 (2) (1988), 5-62.
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G Chobanov and I Chobanov, Lagrange or Euler? III. The future, Annuaire
Univ. Sofia Fac. Math. Inform. 82 (2) (1988), 63-109.
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P J Davis, Leonhard Euler's integral : A historical profile of the gamma
function, Amer. Math. Monthly 66 (1959), 849-869.
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M A B Deakin, Euler's invention of integral transforms, Arch. Hist.
Exact Sci. 33 (4) (1985), 307-319.
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J Dhombres, A l'occasion du bicentenaire de la mort de Leonhard Euler (1707-1783),
Rev. Histoire Sci. 40 (3-4) (1987), 383-386.
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J Dutka, On the summation of some divergent series of Euler and the zeta
functions, Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 50 (2) (1996), 187-200.
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H M Edwards, Euler and quadratic reciprocity, Math. Mag. 56
(5) (1983), 285-291.
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P Erdös and U Dudley, Some remarks and problems in number theory related
to the work of Euler, Math. Mag. 56 (5) (1983), 292-298.
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J Ewing, Leonhard Euler, Math. Intelligencer 5 (3) (1983),
5-6.
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E A Fellmann, Leonhard Euler 1707-1783 : Schlaglichter auf sein Leben und
Werk, Helv. Phys. Acta 56 (6) (1983), 1099-1131.
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B F Finkel, Biography. Leonard Euler, Amer. Math. Monthly 4
(1897), 297-302.
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C G Fraser, The concept of elastic stress in eighteenth-century mechanics
: some examples from Euler, in Hamiltonian dynamical systems (New
York, 1995), 1-14.
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C G Fraser, The origins of Euler's variational calculus, Arch. Hist.
Exact Sci. 47 (2) (1994), 103-141.
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C G Fraser, Mathematical technique and physical conception in Euler's investigation
of the elastica, Centaurus 34 (3) (1991), 211-246.
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C G Fraser, Isoperimetric problems in the variational calculus of Euler
and Lagrange, Historia Math. 19 (1) (1992), 4-23.
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H H Frisinger, The solution of a famous two-centuries-old problem : The
Leonhard Euler Latin square conjecture, Historia Math. 8
(1) (1981), 56-60.
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S Gaukroger, The metaphysics of impenetrability : Euler's conception of
force, British J. Hist. Sci. 15 (50) (1982), 132-154.
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L A Golland and R W Golland, Euler's troublesome series : an early example
of the use of trigonometric series, Historia Math. 20 (1)
(1993), 54-67.
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C Grau, Leonhard Euler und die Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften, in
Ceremony and scientific conference on the occasion of the 200th anniversary
of the death of Leonhard Euler (Berlin, 1985), 139-149.
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J Gray, Leonhard Euler 1707-1783, Janus : archives internationales pour
l'histoire de la medecine et pour la geographie medicale 72
(1985), 171-192.
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J Gray, Leonhard Euler : 1707-1783, Janus 72 (1-3) (1985),
171-192.
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D R Green, Euler, Math. Spectrum 15 (3) (1982/83), 65-68.
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E Hammer and S-J Shin, Euler and the role of visualization in logic, in
Logic, language and computation 1 (Stanford, CA, 1996), 271-286.
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S H Hollingdale, Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) : a bicentennial tribute, Bull.
Inst. Math. Appl. 19 (5-6) (1983), 98-105.
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R W Home, Leonhard Euler's 'anti-Newtonian' theory of light, Ann. of
Sci. 45 (5) (1988), 521-533.
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N P Khomenko and T M Vyvrot, Euler and Kirchhoff - initiators of the main
directions in graph theory II (Russian), in Sketches on the history
of mathematical physics 'Naukova Dumka' (Kiev, 1985), 28-34.
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M Kline, Euler and infinite series, Math. Mag. 56 (5) (1983),
307-314.
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E Knobloch, Leibniz and Euler : problems and solutions concerning infinitesimal
geometry and calculus, Conference on the History of Mathematics
(Rende, 1991), 293-313.
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E Knobloch, Eulers früheste Studie zum Dreikörperproblem, Amphora
(Basel, 1992), 389-405.
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W Knobloch, Leonhard Eulers Wirken an der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften,
1741-1766, Studies in the History of the Academy of Sciences of the
GDR 11 (Berlin, 1984).
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Yu Kh Kopelevich, Euler's election as a member of the London Royal Society
(Russian), Voprosy Istor. Estestvoznan. i Tekhn. (3) (1982), 142.
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B D Kovalev, Formation of Euler hydrodynamics (Russian), in Investigations
in the history of mechanics 'Nauka' (Moscow, 1983), 146-167.
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T A Krasotkina, The correspondence of L Euler and J Stirling (Russian),
Istor.-Mat. Issled. 10 (1957), 117-158.
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H Loeffel, Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Mitt. Verein. Schweiz. Versicherungsmath.
(1) (1984), 19-32.
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J Lützen, Euler's vision of a general partial differential calculus
for a generalized kind of function, Math. Mag. 56 (5) (1983),
299-306.
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A E Malykh, From the combinatorial legacy of Leonard Euler (Russian), Istor.
Metodol. Estestv. Nauk 36 (1989), 66-74.
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A E Malykh, Euler's creation of the combinatorial theory of Latin squares
(Russian), Istor.-Mat. Issled. 27 (1983), 102-123.
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G K Mikhailov, Leonhard Euler and his contribution to the development of
rational mechanics (Russian), Adv. in Mech. 8 (1) (1985),
3-58.
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G K Mikhailov, G Schmidt and L I Sedov, Leonhard Euler und das Entstehen
der klassischen Mechanik, Z. Angew. Math. Mech. 64 (2) (1984),
73-82.
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M Panza, De la nature épargnante aux forces généreuses
: le principe de moindre action entre mathématiques et métaphysique.
Maupertuis et Euler, 1740-1751, Rev. Histoire Sci. 48 (4)
(1995), 435-520.
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H Pieper, On Euler's contributions to the four-squares theorem, Historia
Math. 20 (1) (1993), 12-18.
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K Röttel, Zum 200. Todestag Leonhard Eulers, Praxis Math. 25
(9) (1983), 275-280.
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H Sachs, M Stiebitz and R J Wilson, An historical note : Euler's Königsberg
letters, J. Graph Theory 12 (1) (1988), 133-139.
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H Samelson, In defense of Euler, Enseign. Math. (2) 42 (3-4)
(1996), 377-382.
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G N Sarma, Leonhard Euler, the monarch of mathematicians, Math. Education
6 (1972), B53-B58.
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M F Subbotin, Leonhard Euler and the astronomical problems of his time
(Russian), Voprosy Ist. Estest. i Tehn. 7 (1959), 58-66.
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R Taton, Euler et d'Alembert, in On the work of Leonhard Euler (Basel-Boston,
Mass., 1984), 95-117.
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H-J Treder, Euler und die Gravitationstheorie, in Ceremony and scientific
conference on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Leonhard
Euler (Berlin, 1985), 112-119.
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C Truesdell, Euler's contribution to the theory of ships and mechanics,
Centaurus 26 (4) (1982/83), 323-335.
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C Truesdell, Prefaces to volumes of Euler's Opera Omnia .
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I A Tyulina, Euler's hydraulic studies (Russian), in Investigations
in the history of mechanics 'Nauka' (Moscow, 1983), 167-177.
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J A van Maanen, Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) : man, worker, migrant, genius
(Dutch), Nieuw Tijdschr. Wisk. 71 (1) (1983/84) 1-11.
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G R Veldkamp, Leonhard Euler (Dutch), Nieuw Tijdschr. Wisk. 71
(2) (1983), 47-54.
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D Vischer, Daniel Bernoulli and Leonard Euler, the advent of hydromechanics,
in G Garbrecht (ed.), Hydraulics and Hydraulic Research: A Historical
Review (Rotterdam-Boston, 1987), 145-156.
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A Weil, Euler, Amer. Math. Monthly 91 (9) (1984), 537-542.
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C Wilson, Euler on action- at- a- distance and fundamental equations in
continuum mechanics, in The investigation of difficult things (Cambridge,
1992), 399-420.
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A P Yushkevich, Leonhard Euler - sein Leben und mathematisches Werk, in
Ceremony and scientific conference on the occasion of the 200th anniversary
of the death of Leonhard Euler (Berlin, 1985), 17-33.
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A P Yushkevich, Leonhard Euler and mathematical education in Russia (Russian),
Mat. v Shkole (5) (1983), 71-74.
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A P Yushkevich, Life and mathematical achievement of Leonard Euler (Russian),
Uspehi Mat. Nauk, 3-28.
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A P Yushkevich, Leonhard Euler : Life and work (Russian), in Development
of the ideas of Leonhard Euler and modern science 'Nauka' (Moscow, 1988),
15-46.
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A P Yushkevich, Life and work of Leonhard Euler : On the occasion of
the 275th anniversary of his birth and the 200th anniversary of his death
(Russian), Vestnik Akad. Nauk SSSR (5) (1984), 106-115.
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