Editing Leonhard Euler (section)

==Legacy==
{{Main|List of topics named after Leonhard Euler}}
===Recognition===
Euler is widely recognized as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, and more likely than not the most prolific contributor to mathematics and science.<ref name=":1" /> Mathematician and physicist [[John von Neumann]] called Euler "the greatest [[virtuoso]] of the period".<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Debnath |first=Lokenath |author-link=Lokenath Debnath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPRpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 |title=The Legacy of Leonhard Euler: A Tricentennial Tribute |publisher=Imperial College Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-84816-525-0 |location=London |pages=56 |language=en}}</ref> Mathematician [[François Arago]] said, "Euler calculated without any apparent effort, just as men breathe and as eagles sustain themselves in air".<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Donald M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qn7rYiyS7mUC&pg=PA48 |title=The Nature and Power of Mathematics |date=2004 |publisher=Dover Publications |isbn=978-0-486-43896-2 |edition= |series= |location=Mineola, N.Y |pages=48 |language=en |oclc=ocm56214613}}</ref> He is generally ranked right below [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]], [[Isaac Newton]], and [[Archimedes]] among the greatest mathematicians of all time,<ref name=":3" /> while some rank him as equal with them.{{sfn|Calinger|2016|p=ix}} Physicist and mathematician [[Henri Poincaré]] called Euler the "god of mathematics".{{sfn|Calinger|2016|p=241}} 

French mathematician [[André Weil]] noted that Euler stood above his contemporaries and more than anyone else was able to cement himself as the leading force of his era's mathematics:<ref name=":022" />{{blockquote|No mathematician ever attained such a position of undisputed leadership in all branches of mathematics, pure and applied, as Euler did for the best part of the eighteenth century.}}Swiss mathematician [[Nicolas Fuss]] noted Euler's extraordinary memory and breadth of knowledge, saying:<ref name=":02" />

{{blockquote|Knowledge that we call erudition was not inimical to him. He had read all the best Roman writers, knew perfectly the ancient history of mathematics, held in his memory the historical events of all times and peoples, and could without hesitation adduce by way of examples the most trifling of historical events. He knew more about medicine, botany, and chemistry than might be expected of someone who had not worked especially in those sciences.}}

===Commemorations===
[[File:Euler-10 Swiss Franc banknote (front).jpg|thumb|Euler portrait on the sixth series of the [[Swiss Franc|10 Franc]] banknote]]

[[File:CHF10 7 front horizontal.jpg|thumb|Euler portrait on the seventh series of the 10 Franc banknote]]

Euler was featured on both the sixth<ref name=swiss6/> and seventh<ref name=swiss7/> series of the Swiss 10-[[Swiss franc|franc]] banknote and on numerous Swiss, German, and Russian postage stamps. In 1782 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="aaas" /> The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] was named in his honour.<ref name=schmadel/>