Blogging Mathematics, 11/11/05, Computer-aided assessment for sciences

November 11, 2005

Blogging Mathematics

Writing about Equations in blogs from Blogbuilder news

My thanks to those who have recently given us the abiility to render mathematics in Warwick blogs.

I can't resist the temptation to try it out. Tradition has it that the phrase "Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter" was inscribed on the door to Plato's academy. For a more modern mathematical motto one might choose Euler's identity:

$e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$

linking in a surprising manner five fundamental, apparently-unrelated mathematical constants: 0, 1, i, e, and $\pi$ . Hence the in-joke "We are number $-e^{i\pi}$ " sometimes seen on mathematics students' T-shirts.

: 11 Nov 2005 13:05 | Tags: Bagatelle Blogging Mathematics | Comments (2) | Report a problem

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I like that you have a category named Bagatelle. It made me smile.

11 Nov 2005, 13:50
Jim

I have to concur that e to the ipi plus 1=0 is a remarkable equation. A friend of mine once characterized this mathematical statement as "the five strangest numbers in the universe all linked together into one neat equation".

18 Jan 2006, 00:24

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