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Matt Parker

Euler’s Identity

Very few things in maths are as uncanny as π\pi’s ability to just manifest out of absolutely nowhere. Perhaps the most prominent (and mind-boggling) instance is Euler’s identity: eiπ=1e^{i \pi} = -1. The constant ee is for logarithms, π\pi is for circles and ii is for square roots, yet somehow, they fit neatly together.

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