21 March 2006

Oil Her

Sawaal:

Which mathematicians are credited with using these notations for the first time?
a) e - base for natural logarithm
b) i - imaginary number
c) pi - radian measure for 180 degrees

Jawaab:

a) Leonhard Euler
b) Leonhard Euler
c) Leonhard Euler

La-Jawaab:

All three notations e, i and pi are part of a very famous equation

e^(i*pi) = -1
better known as Euler's equation !

2 comments

Blogger Unknown kuchh to bolti...

Sounds amazing..there was one more equation by De Moivre. Either Euler proved this equation first e^i*pi = -1 or De Moivre proved first e^i*theta = cos(theta) + isin(theta)..so fianlly you get what Euler said as per your blog.I do not remember exactly who proved first what.

4:12 PM  
Blogger nupur kuchh to bolti...

This equn is also known as a mathematical beauty. :-)

1:33 AM  

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