This almost made me wish I stuck with maths
You know what I discovered?
e πi = -1 (that’s e ^ (pi * i) = -1 if it didn’t display properly for you)
How freaky is that? (Explanation here.)
For those of you who read The Daily WTF: obvious troll is obvious. (Yes, aware that annoying meme is annoying, deal with it.) I can’t believe how many people have taken commenter Top Cod3r seriously.
: I didn’t really have anything to say, except that we have a little Mr. E icon now for when I have an aside. And, uh, stay in school and don’t do drugs.
I like
1 + 3 + 5 + … + (2n-1) = n^2
(”The sum of the first n odd numbers equals n squared.”)
To prove this, take an n by n chessboard, and count the squares two different ways.
Comment by Ray Cheng | 13 September 2008
I have no idea what you guys are talking about…”the math” has always been an elusive bastard with me.
I only took algebra because it was required for the program I’m in.
I feel slightly retarded right now.
Comment by RT Solo | 13 September 2008
@Ray Cheng: That one was always cool as well. Although I can only think of one way off the top of my head.
@RT Solo: Think about it this way…there’s always someone worse or better.
My math skills have always (allegedly) been excellent…but once taking the highest-level classes, I felt inadequate. Being “pretty good” at a handful of things, but not “top grade” in anything…the story of my life.
Comment by Donnie | 26 September 2008