Question
This mathematician proved that the Riemann zeta function of s equals the product over all primes p of the reciprocal of one minus p to the negative s in his “product formula.” This mathematician worked 2,000 years after the other namesake of a theorem that establishes a one-to-one correspondence between even perfect numbers and Mersenne primes. This mathematician found that the Riemann zeta function of (*) two equals pi squared over six, thus solving the Basel problem. This mathematician found that the number of vertices minus edges plus faces for all convex polyhedra equals two, which is his “characteristic.” For 10 points, name this mathematician whose “number” is the base of the natural logarithm, denoted e. ■END■
ANSWER: Leonhard Euler (“OY-ler”) [accept Euler product formula or Euclid–Euler theorem or Euler characteristic or Euler’s number] (The theorem relating the even perfect numbers to the Mersenne primes is the Euclid–Euler theorem.)
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