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They are equally important because if you multiply them you get tasty pie.
What does an Entourage character have to do with pi? But pi is more important.
Let's not forget i.
e^( ipi) + 1 = 0
Nerd wrote:
Let's not forget i.
e^( ipi) + 1 = 0
Better to put it as: e^(i*pi)=-1
Then you have an equality having irrational, transcendental, imaginary and negative numbers at the same time.
e is easier to spell than pi.
The character for e, not pi, can be found on a keyboard.
ln(pi1) is a really nasty number, but ln(e1) = 1.
e is used in calculus whereas pi is used in geometry.
e is the most commonly picked vowel in Wheel of Fortune.
You don't need to know Greek to be able to use e.
You can't confuse e with a food product.
Nerd wrote:
Let's not forget i.
e^( ipi) + 1 = 0
mako wrote:
Better to put it as: e^(i*pi)=-1
Then you have an equality having irrational, transcendental, imaginary and negative numbers at the same time.
I prefer the former. Having 0 (and a positive number) trumps a negative number every time.
They are both facts of nature. The concept of importance doesn't apply to them.
hardly facts of nature, but of mathematics.
Mathematics is a fact of nature.
yyy wrote:
hardly facts of nature, but of mathematics.
Exponential growth and decay (bacteria growth, radioactivity, carbon isotope testing, radiocarbon dating) are facts of nature. I believe Euler originally started to use the constant e in research calculating the force of cannons (no kidding), so not just a matter of mathematical interest.
The circle (and pi) was invented by humans.
coach d wrote:
The circle (and pi) was invented by humans.
hardly...many things in nature are round, satisfying the requirements of being circular in general.
pi is a relationship between observed quantities, but it is found in nature all the same.
Neither matter in later studies
e by far.
no.
Neither, its tau
Aha!
Relative to nature, I'd have to say phi.
Neither are facts of nature, anymore than 0 or 1 is. They all are abstractions.
They are both facts of nature. The concept of importance doesn't apply to them.[/quote]
I didn't write this.
Which is correct.