From jawbrey at att.net  Mon Feb  1 07:58:13 2010
From: jawbrey at att.net (Jon Awbrey)
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:58:13 +0000
Subject: [Arisbe] Benjamin Peirce on e^(i pi)
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Note on e^(i pi) = -1

Benjamin Peirce apparently liked this mathematical synonym
for the additive inverse of 1 so much that he introduced
three special symbols for e, i, pi ?- ones that enable
e^(i pi) to be written in a single cursive ligature,
as shown here:

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3134#5680

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From jawbrey at att.net  Sun Feb  7 22:22:22 2010
From: jawbrey at att.net (Jon Awbrey)
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:22:22 +0000
Subject: [Arisbe] Benjamin Peirce on e^(i pi)
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Note on e^(i pi) = -1

Benjamin Peirce apparently liked this mathematical synonym
for the additive inverse of 1 so much that he introduced
three special symbols for e, i, pi ?- ones that enable
e^(i pi) to be written in a single cursive ligature,
as shown here:

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3134#5680

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