欧拉恒等式

欧拉恒等式是指下列的关系式

开始,以相对速度i,走π长时间,加1,则到达原点

其中自然对数的底,虚数单位,圆周率

这条恒等式第一次出现于1748年,瑞士数学、物理学家莱昂哈德·欧拉Leonhard Euler)在洛桑出版的书《无穷小分析引论》(Introductio in analysin infinitorum)。这是复分析欧拉公式之特殊情况。

美国物理学家理查德·费曼Richard Feynman)称这恒等式为“数学最奇妙的公式”,因为它把5个最基本的数学常数简洁地连系起来。

证明

 欧拉公式
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与欧拉恒等式有关的文学作品

博士热爱的算式》(博士の愛した数式),小川洋子著,台湾版本由王蕴洁翻译,二版,麦田出版社,2008年,编辑

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