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Professor Brian Cox found to be too clever by eiπ/(cos(π)-sin(π/2))

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Started 4 months ago by Smart Alex
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Smart Alex

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Posted 4 months ago #
Iscariot

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Or eiπ/-2 as Euler might have put it. Shame the text doesn't allow for equations. The result, because infinites and imaginary numbers are used is 0.4999 recurring, but I'm sure Professor Cox would agree is the same thing as a half. Stars for a clever bit of ironic maths.

Posted 4 months ago #
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Shit! Can't edit tags. Ignore tags. It was supposed to be: How many beans make 5? - a bean, a bean, a bean and a half, a half a bean and a bean. Bit of poetry. LOL.

Posted 4 months ago #
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It's a bit hard to understand. Can it be 4,500,000/9,000,000? That's a big number but still works and is easier for the public to comprehend without being too mathsy.

Posted 4 months ago #
Titus

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Or to quote one of my smartarse friends

2 + 2 = 5, for large values of 2

Posted 4 months ago #
dvo4fun

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Good grief. This must be what dyslexia is like

Posted 4 months ago #
Titus

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I suppose, strictly, it is e^iπ/(cos(π)-sin(π/2).

You could have said "... too clever by (0.7071)squared" in order for it to look complicated but not terrify the non-mathematical readers.

Posted 4 months ago #
Smart Alex

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Indeed it is e to the power of but wasn't able to superscript - didn't think to use the circumflex (as not as clever as Professor Brian Cox - or indeed you!)

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√-1 like it

Posted 4 months ago #
Sinnick

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experiment didn't work :-)

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