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SteveRives
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I was working on the general meaning of taking things to the i power -- I was pondering the meaning of
e^pi*i = -1
The proof for this thing is well established, I was musing about meaning. An obvious question was:
What to the i power goes to zero?
As I was hunting for that number (on my TI-83 while driving to work -- and it is very hard to press [2nd] i on that thing with one hand), I came across this number:
4.8104773809655
Namely:
4.8104773809655^i => i
...at least on my TI-83. 4.81047738096535^i on the google calculator.
What is this number, and who has done work on it?
Regards,
Steve Rives
e^pi*i = -1
The proof for this thing is well established, I was musing about meaning. An obvious question was:
What to the i power goes to zero?
As I was hunting for that number (on my TI-83 while driving to work -- and it is very hard to press [2nd] i on that thing with one hand), I came across this number:
4.8104773809655
Namely:
4.8104773809655^i => i
...at least on my TI-83. 4.81047738096535^i on the google calculator.
What is this number, and who has done work on it?
Regards,
Steve Rives
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