I'm firmly in the exp(i pi) = -1 camp.
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 2:44 AM From: "Thane Plambeck" <tplambeck@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [math-fun] e^(iπ)
The second one is more aesthetically pleasing, but the first one seems (weirdly) more directly informative somehow, to me.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 6:12 PM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
At the risk of a protracted and rancorous political dispute, I'd like an informal vote on which is most "beautiful": e^(iπ) = -1 or e^(iπ) + 1 = 0 ? —rwg I get polarized just thinking about it. _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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