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Leonhard Euler
The most prolific mathematician in history: the Basel problem, e^(iπ) + 1 = 0, the Königsberg bridges and the birth of graph theory, V − E + F = 2, and the notation you still use, much of it produced after he went blind.
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Prereqs: Exponential growth; Trigonometry; Pascal & Fermat. Next: Gauss. Sources: William Dunham's *Euler: The Master of Us All* and Clay Mathematics Institute lecture; Ronald Calinger's *Leonhard Euler* (2016).Next: 1. Life