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Title: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 22, 2008, 09:01:26 PM
e(pi * i) + 1 = 0
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: j o e i n c on October 22, 2008, 09:11:10 PM
y=mx+b
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Samus Aran on October 22, 2008, 09:15:49 PM
i like e the most

Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 22, 2008, 09:20:25 PM
Quote from: joeinc on October 22, 2008, 09:11:10 PM
y=mx+b
hehe funny joke!

Quote from: Kazmopolitan on October 22, 2008, 09:15:49 PM
i like e the most


i fucking hate e. i love i though

but taking the derivative of e is fun!
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 22, 2008, 09:29:22 PM
The combining of five important constants is cool and all, but the full version of Euler's formula that it's derived from is a lot more useful. baddood;
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Geno on October 22, 2008, 09:44:21 PM
How do I determine which number is more important
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Sam on October 23, 2008, 02:12:22 AM
creeper don't even pretend you know numbers

you suck at math

i hate you
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 02:29:11 AM
Quote from: Geno on October 22, 2008, 09:44:21 PM
How do I determine which number is more important


I'd say zero's pretty important because its sort of the basis for our entire number system.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on October 23, 2008, 05:11:14 AM
I like 4
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: FAMY2 on October 23, 2008, 05:12:08 AM
488  there are only 3. baddood;

lol
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: l a c e y on October 23, 2008, 06:23:45 AM
Quote from: reefer on October 22, 2008, 09:01:26 PM
e ^ (pi * i) + 1 = 0


what does that even mean
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Nyerp on October 23, 2008, 12:54:26 PM
Quote from: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 02:29:11 AM
I'd say zero's pretty important because its sort of the basis for our entire number system.


what do you mean basis

√-1
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 23, 2008, 02:02:50 PM
Quote from: bojangelsrocks on October 23, 2008, 06:23:45 AM
what does that even mean
e = 2.71828â,‰18284â,‰59045â,‰23536...
(1+1/n)n

i = √-1
it's an imaginary number used to find the roots of negative numbers.

Ï, = 3.14159265358979323846...
ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: guff on October 23, 2008, 02:08:02 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 22, 2008, 09:20:25 PM
but taking the derivative of e is fun!
the derivative of e is zero, just like any other constant function

ex's derivative, however, is ex
Quote from: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 02:29:11 AM
I'd say zero's pretty important because its sort of the basis for our entire number system.
dunno they did a bunch before acknowledging the existence of zero

also please prove this mr. reaper
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: l a c e y on October 23, 2008, 02:25:19 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 23, 2008, 02:02:50 PM
e = 2.71828â,‰18284â,‰59045â,‰23536...
(1+1/n)n

i = √-1
it's an imaginary number used to find the roots of negative numbers.

Ï, = 3.14159265358979323846...
ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter



yah.
that makes sense now.
jokesss.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 23, 2008, 02:28:38 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on October 23, 2008, 02:08:02 PM
the derivative of e is zero, just like any other constant function
ex is what i meant. i think i stated it later in that post.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: russell on October 23, 2008, 02:28:57 PM
uh, phi, anyone
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 23, 2008, 02:41:53 PM
Quote from: russell on October 23, 2008, 02:28:57 PM
uh, phi, anyone
sometimes people say it's more important than 1.

phi is a very cool number, there are so many books on it too.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: guff on October 23, 2008, 03:20:10 PM
Quote from: russell on October 23, 2008, 02:28:57 PM
uh, phi, anyone
no, it's not very important to pure mathematics, unless we also talk about how cool every other quadratic irrational is
everyone just talks about it because they're too stupid to understand the constants that actually have interesting properties baddood;
Quote from: reefer on October 23, 2008, 02:28:38 PM
ex is what i meant. i think i stated it later in that post.
no, what i quoted was the last line in that post doodthing;

still want a proof
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Dullahan on October 23, 2008, 03:24:24 PM
Quote from: bojangelsrocks on October 23, 2008, 02:25:19 PM

yah.
that makes sense now.
jokesss.
Yeah, I kinda figured you wouldn't know. >.<
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 23, 2008, 03:34:04 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on October 23, 2008, 03:20:10 PM
still want a proof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity

enjoy
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 03:44:26 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on October 23, 2008, 02:08:02 PM
dunno they did a bunch before acknowledging the existence of zero


I think a lot of what they did involved an implicit understanding of what zero was even if they never understood it well enough to define it as a number.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: l a c e y on October 23, 2008, 03:46:14 PM
is this thread basically smart people talking about numbers?
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 23, 2008, 03:50:07 PM
Quote from: bojangelsrocks on October 23, 2008, 03:46:14 PM
is this thread basically smart people talking about numbers?
thats what all the threads on boyah are about
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: guff on October 23, 2008, 04:04:18 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 23, 2008, 03:34:04 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity

enjoy
i already know how to prove it, i was asking you to baddood;

don't talk about theorems you can't prove >:o

Quote from: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 03:44:26 PM
I think a lot of what they did involved an implicit understanding of what zero was even if they never understood it well enough to define it as a number.
fine, mr. smarty pants
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Det in F♯ Major on October 23, 2008, 04:14:09 PM
aaaaaaaaaaa madood;
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: superclucky on October 23, 2008, 04:17:44 PM
i raise you a calc AB felt
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: laskfn on October 23, 2008, 04:53:37 PM
i is an imaginary unit plz, used to represent neg sqr roots plz
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 23, 2008, 04:58:35 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on October 23, 2008, 04:04:18 PM
fine, mr. smarty pants


Yeah you know I'm right. baddood;
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: the shortest route to the sea on October 24, 2008, 06:24:56 PM
So i2 = -1

what's root i. give me proof for 5 points  befuddlement
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Tomboh on October 24, 2008, 06:28:48 PM
Quote from: joeinc on October 22, 2008, 09:11:10 PM
y=mx+b
y=ax^2+bx+c
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Nyerp on October 24, 2008, 06:29:44 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/3/e/a/3ea647783b5121989cd87ca3bb558916.png)
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Sam on October 24, 2008, 06:36:49 PM
i have a really good friend named Phi.

He's asian.

[spoiler]But he sucks at math.   O_0[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 24, 2008, 07:19:34 PM
Quote from: Pqqu on October 24, 2008, 06:24:56 PM
So i2 = -1

what's root i. give me proof for 5 points  befuddlement


I think I remember how to do this. Sort of.

Okay, here we go:
i = (2i)/2
  = (2i + 1 - 1)/2
  = (i^2 + 2i + 1)/2
  = ((i + 1)^2)/2
  = ((i+1)/sqrt(2))^2

Therefore, sqrt(i) = (i+1)/sqrt(2). I guess it could also be -(i+1)/sqrt(2) if you want to be precise.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: the shortest route to the sea on October 24, 2008, 07:24:53 PM
Quote from: Gladjaframpf on October 24, 2008, 07:19:34 PM
I think I remember how to do this. Sort of.

Okay, here we go:
i = (2i)/2
  = (2i + 1 - 1)/2
  = (i^2 + 2i + 1)/2
  = ((i + 1)^2)/2
  = ((i+1)/sqrt(2))^2

Therefore, sqrt(i) = (i+1)/sqrt(2). I guess it could also be -(i+1)/sqrt(2) if you want to be precise.


Goddammit Gladjy I love you so much ^__^
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Gladjaframpf on October 25, 2008, 03:20:47 AM
Quote from: Pqqu on October 24, 2008, 07:24:53 PM
Goddammit Gladjy I love you so much ^__^


And now my lonely nights spent reading math articles on Wikipedia seem slightly less pointless. sillydood;
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Lotos on October 25, 2008, 12:23:29 PM
Quote from: Sidney A. Stubbs on October 23, 2008, 05:11:14 AM
I like 4


Same here.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: [REDACTED] on October 25, 2008, 12:45:22 PM
{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 25, 2008, 12:48:54 PM
Quote from: Sam on October 24, 2008, 06:36:49 PM
i have a really good friend named Phi.

He's asian.

[spoiler]But he sucks at math.   O_0[/spoiler]
THAT NAME IS AWESOME. I'd just call him 2.7 for short.
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: [REDACTED] on October 25, 2008, 12:49:37 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 25, 2008, 12:48:54 PM
THAT NAME IS AWESOME. I'd just call him 2.7 for short.
wut
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: Sam on October 25, 2008, 12:53:44 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 25, 2008, 12:48:54 PM
THAT NAME IS AWESOME. I'd just call him 2.7 for short.

I think it's said differently though.

Like, his name is said as "fee"
Title: Re: Five most important numbers ever
Post by: The artist formally known on October 25, 2008, 12:54:44 PM
Quote from: Ethereal on October 25, 2008, 12:49:37 PM
wut
i mean 1.6

i was tihnking of "e"