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I really like Euler's Formula, which states e^(''i''x) = cos(x) + ''i''sin(x).  I especially like it for x=pi because it becomes e^(''i''*pi) = -1 + 0, which has all kinds of cool elements including, 1, 0, pi, e, ''i'', and both positive and negative numbers.
 
I really like Euler's Formula, which states e^(''i''x) = cos(x) + ''i''sin(x).  I especially like it for x=pi because it becomes e^(''i''*pi) = -1 + 0, which has all kinds of cool elements including, 1, 0, pi, e, ''i'', and both positive and negative numbers.
  
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I really like Euler's Formula, which states e^(ix) = cos(x) + isin(x). I especially like it for x=pi because it becomes e^(i*pi) = -1 + 0, which has all kinds of cool elements including, 1, 0, pi, e, i, and both positive and negative numbers.

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