A most elegant equation : Euler's formula and the beauty of mathematics
by Stipp, David (Author)
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"Bertrand Russell wrote that mathematics can exalt "as surely as poetry." This is especially true of one equation: ei (pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two centuries after Euler's death, it is still regarded as a conceptual diamond of unsurpassed be... Full description