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Unit 1 Mathematics Learning Objectives Lead in: Brainstorming  Lead in: Brainstorming  Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was arguably the greatest mathematician of the eighteenth century and one of the most prolific of all time; his publication list of 886 papers and books may be exceeded only by Paul Erd?s. Eulers complete works fill about 90 volumes. Remarkably, much of this output dates from the last two decades of his life, when he was totally blind. Leonhard Euler 莱昂哈德·欧拉是瑞士数学家和物理学家。欧拉是第一个使用“函数”一词来描述包含各种参数(parameter)的表达式(expression)的人，例如：y = F(x) (函数的定义由莱布尼兹(Lebnitz, a German