Re: [curiosa] Re: Debian Centre of Mass
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Philipp Meier wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:57:55PM -0400, jas@eckard.com wrote:
> > > Irrational numbers aren't imaginary, complex numbers are. :)
> >
> > You mean, "Irrational numbers aren't _necessarily_ imaginary, ..."? I
> > mean, after all, you _could_ have a non-complex irrational imaginary
> > number, say, (pi)i, right?
>
> i*pi _is_ complex!
But e^(i * pi) is integer, and equal to 1.
Which one of my maths teachers once used as a proof of God's existence.
Moof - just my 0.02 euro's worth
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