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==Mathematics== * [[Leonhard Euler]] publishes ''[[Introductio in analysin infinitorum]]'', an introduction to pure analytical [[mathematics]], in Berlin.<ref>{{cite journal|first=C. B.|last=Boyer|authorlink=Carl Boyer|title=The Foremost Textbook of Modern Times|volume=58|issue=4|pages=223–226|journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]]|doi=10.2307/2306956|publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]]|jstor=2306956|date=April 1951}}</ref> He calculates the [[mathematical constant]] ''[[e (mathematical constant)|e]]'' to 23 digits<ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=25}}</ref> and presents [[Euler's formula]]. Euler's fifth paper on nautical topics, E137, is also written in this year but not published until [[1750 in science|1750]]. * [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi|Maria Agnesi]] publishes ''Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana'' in [[Milan]], "regarded as the best introduction extant to the works of Euler".<ref>{{cite book|last=A'Becket|first=John Joseph|chapter=Maria Gaetana Agnesi|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia|volume=1|location=New York|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|year=1907|accessdate=2011-04-27|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm}}</ref> * ''approx. date'' – [[Thomas Bayes]] originates [[Bayes' theorem]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Theory That Would Not Die|url=https://archive.org/details/theorythatwouldn0000mcgr|url-access=registration|first=Sharon Bertsch|last=McGrayne|location=New Haven|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-300-16969-0}}</ref>
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