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Re:How Euler did it? (by Ed Sandifer) by guimplen on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:01PM (#39121937)
He worked in Russia more than in any other country and died in St Petersburg being a Russian citizen.
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Re:How Euler did it? (by Ed Sandifer) by eichin on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:27PM (#39124592)
Oh, I thought this was riffing on the "shakespeare, in the original klingon" line.
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Re:How Euler did it? (by Ed Sandifer) by madcaptenor on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:44PM (#39125978)
I wonder what he would have considered himself - he spent more time in St Petersburg than anywhere else but was born in Basel and spent a good bit of time in Berlin. For what it's worth, the Opera Omnia are published by the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
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