Math circles primed for idol's 300th birthday: numbers set celebrates its roots. From: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | Date: January 29, 2007| Author: Snyder, Susan | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Susan Snyder

Jan. 29--Move over, Ben Franklin. Your 300th anniversary celebration has passed. It's Leonhard Euler's turn. Who? You know, Leonhard Euler (pronounced Oiler), one of the world's most prolific mathematicians and "intellectual ancestor" of Sudoku, a logic puzzle of squares that has become highly popular in recent years.

Mathematics professors and teachers worldwide are giddy over the forthcoming tercentenary of the birth of this numbers her...

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