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i is the square root of minus -1. Not as in
for i in 1.... loop.
So this one formula relates natural logarithms, to pi to imaginary numbers to unity and zero. Its kind of nice that it has a neat trigonometric explanation as well.
cheers
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> > In your spare time try this:
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> > e raised to the power (pi * i)) + 1
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> Maybe I'm not doing it right, but isn't this an ever increasing number
> as i increases? I must be missing the point.....
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> Cheers,
> Brian
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