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Greatest Equations Ever Misc
By jvano
Posted Tue Oct 26, 2004 at 03:35:30 PM PDT
On Monday, Slashdot had a story on the Greatest Equations Ever. Reading through the comments is rather interesting. So, young mathematicians, what is/are your favorite equation(s)?

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[new] My favourite: (none / 0) (#1)
by overconvergent on Tue Oct 26, 2004 at 10:05:27 AM PDT

exp(i*pi)+1=0, which Google can do.


[new] my fave (none / 0) (#2)
by dkung on Sat Oct 30, 2004 at 10:45:33 AM PDT

Obviously related but I'll take it in Euler's format: e^{ix} = cos x + i sin x.


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