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People: Demetrius III Eucaerus
Topic: Bamian, 1221 siege of
Location: Carchemish Turkey

The Basel problem, a famous problem in …

Years: 1735 - 1735

The Basel problem, a famous problem in mathematical analysis with relevance to number theory, first posed by Pietro Mengoli in 1644, has withstood the attacks of the leading mathematicians of the day; it is solved in 1735 by Leonhard Euler.

Euler's solution brings him immediate fame at twenty-eight.