28 Apr
2006
28 Apr
'06
10:20 p.m.
Other criteria I would use are the surprisingness of the theorem (imagine Euler's first reaction!), its vast implications, its relating previously unrelated but commonplace things (all the REALLY important numbers), its elegance, its compactness. On these scores, e^(i pi)+1=0 is unbeatable. Steve Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Propp" <propp@math.wisc.edu> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:51 PM Subject: [math-fun] Re: favorite theorem