Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Expired: e ^ (i * π) = -1 Tired: e ^ (i * τ) = 1 Inspired: i ^ i is a real number (!!)
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Cryptoflop
@cryptoflop
how come?
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Think of "a^b" as "start at 1. Take the process that 'grows' the number slowly until it reaches a, and repeat it b times" Think of "i times" as "once, but the process is rotated 90 degrees" (assume we're working on the complex plane)
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