Gravity Well's favorite number is square root of two. It fascinates him that we can travel simply 1 unit (rational number) to the right, 1 unit up (rational number) but to go straight back to our starting point (Pythagorean theorem) we have to travel an irrational number of units 1.41421...
Which can be represented as,
Which can be represented as,
Also, approaches 2 if you keep going... And shows up a lot in Trigonometry.
Also, approaches 2 if you keep going... And shows up a lot in Trigonometry.
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Esh's favorite number is e. It describes many things in the mathematical world, from Euler's identity to continually compounded interest. And in calculus, the derivative of e^x is e^x, and the derivative of ln(x) is 1/x. So simple, but so elegant.
Esh's favorite number is e. It describes many things in the mathematical world, from Euler's identity to continually compounded interest. And in calculus, the derivative of e^x is e^x, and the derivative of ln(x) is 1/x. So simple, but so elegant.