eπi=-1
Oh, I ♥ this equation. So very much.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2005 12:33:58 pm PST #7794 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Abby - Nov 29, 2005 12:34:21 pm PST #7795 of 10006
eπi=-1
Delurking because, love! I started university as a math major (it got hard, I switched to English. Then I couldn't get into classes because they were full, I started working part-time. Went back 10 years later to finish the English degree. Kind of wish I hadn't given up on the math though)
I still remember the day the prof did that proof in class. I wouldn't shut up about it for weeks. I still, 17 (ack!) years later, love it to pieces.
~ma and yay to all as appropriate. Good luck with the MRI, ita!
Laura - Nov 29, 2005 12:34:35 pm PST #7796 of 10006
Our wings are not tired.
Yikes, 90 minutes. Napping sounds like a good plan. Best of luck ita. May they find nothing but spicy brains.
Amy - Nov 29, 2005 12:36:43 pm PST #7797 of 10006
Because books.
::snuggles with Vortex and tries not to count on her fingers::
eπi=-1
I'm not even going to ask what makes that pretty.
MRI~ma, ita! And fingers crossed for really good results.
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2005 12:39:39 pm PST #7798 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm not even going to ask what makes that pretty.
It's the whole, "No way! Really!?" aspect of it.
In my mind, pi has to do with circles, geometry, trig, etc. e has to do with logarithms, calculus and what-not, and i of course is imaginary. They seem like unmixy things.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2005 12:41:26 pm PST #7799 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I saw Proof on Broadway, I was one of about three people who laughed at the line "We have a song called i where we just stand there on stage for three minutes not playing."
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2005 12:41:42 pm PST #7800 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've got a few minutes to kill - anyone have a link to the proof? What is that equation called, anyway?
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2005 12:42:19 pm PST #7801 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I saw Proof on Broadway, I was one of about three people who laughed at the line "We have a song called i where we just stand there on stage for three minutes not playing."
Heh.
Guess I would have laughed too.
P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2005 12:43:06 pm PST #7802 of 10006
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hey! It's Abby!
Who I still don't think of as a lurker, as I know she's real, and as her occasional postings date back to WX at least.
(I still say that what Cybervixen said was true, that once you delurk, you're pretty much lurkless. This is how I justify not thinking of myself as a lurker despite a greatly reduced posting schedule.)
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2005 12:43:18 pm PST #7803 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not even going to ask what makes that pretty.
e lives over there, with the logarithms, naturally, and π is over there with the geometry (they're both irrational and don't play well with others), and -1, well, it's right here with the everyday numbers. Don't even ask where i lives -- it's complex.
Yet? Together? They all make each other. As a maths student, there was absolutely no reason to expect these to be the pieces in the jigsaw puzzle, but working through that proof is like having a jigsaw puzzle that's solving itself and dragging you along with it and bam! Suddenly the pieces snap together and you know the picture for the first time.
You might not understand the picture, but it sure is purty,