>[!abstract] >Abstract. >[!quote] >Read Euler, read Euler, he is master of us all. >Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) >[!quote] >Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air. >Dominique François Jean Arago (1786–1853) >[!quote] >The study of Euler’s works remains the best instruction in the various areas of mathematics and can be replaced by no other. >Carl Frederick Gauss (1777–1855) >[!quote] >Every mathematical theorem is named after the second mathematician who discovered it, the first being Euler. >(unknown, being a variant of [[Stigler's law of eponymy]]) >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —