Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler was born to a pastor in the city of Basel, but spent most of his younger days in the town of Riehen.  Euler's interest in mathematics was sparked at an early age when he began spending much of his time with a family friend Johann Bernoulli, who was widely considered a brilliant mathematician.

As an adult, Euler spent much of his time in St. Petersburg and Berlin. He is considered one of the most amazing mathematicians of all time. He has contributed any amazing amount to the field.

He was also considered to be the first to use the Greek letter pi to represent the number 3.141592... like it is used today.

On a more advanced level, Euler is credited with pushing forward the use of a power series as a way to represent a number with an infinite sum.

Finally, Euler made substantial progress with number theory and is said to have paved the way for another famous math person, Carl Friedrish Gaus.

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