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- From: bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
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- Subject: Re: Philosophy of Pi
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.135012.21953@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 13:50:12 GMT
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- In article <1gi1bmINNsou@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
- :>YESSSSS!!!!! exp(i*Pi) + 1 = 0
- :>is perhaps the most beautiful identity in mathematics,
- :
- :I disagree. The beautiful identity is exp(ix) = cos x + i sin x.
- :Unlike the previous one, it is even useful...
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- I disagree that it is not useful.
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- Lindemann used it to prove the transcendence of pi, after Hermite
- proved that e was transcendental. I would call that a useful result.
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