tl;dr: Exactly how good was euler? How could you explain to a layman just how insane he was. Im not a mathematician in the slightest, im not even an engineer or physicist (i study medicine). Its safe to say my level of maths isnt much higher than that of a highschooler (to give myself some credit, I did some extra math courses for fun and I know about the existance of jacobian and hessian matricies π). However, I do love mathematics as a field. Its such a beautiful language and for me i feel like sometimes its just the universe's way of showing art. I love watching simplified math videos (shout out 3Blue1Brown), but again, im aware its much more complicated than just pretty animation and fun proofs. Ofc I've heard of Euler, I am aware how goated he is (tbh for me, anyone who can do anything beyond linear algebra is a wizard). I know the classic phrase "to avoid naming repitition, many math theories are named after the second person to prove it after euler".β¦