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Most Beautiful Equation?
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Posted 2010-03-30, 10:32 AM in reply to
WetWired
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WetWired said:
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Interesting. I don't think that was covered in any math class I've taken.
I do think it is the most beautiful equation I've ever seen. To me, if there is any evidence for a God in this universe, that is it.
It stems from
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This can be seen from a Taylor expansion about 0 of e^x, Cos(x) and Sin(x). It is very useful in complex variable theory, as one can now say
where theta is the angle a line from the origin to A+Bi makes with the positive real axis on the complex plane. Furthermore, if theta is made a variable that varies from 0 to 2*pi then
is the unit circle.
I only created this thread with the intention of checking the functionality of LaTeX. But perhaps it is a subject that merits some discussion. Could someone move it to a more appropriate section, and title it "Most Beautiful Equation."
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11:03 AM
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