Greatest Equations Ever

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Posted by timothy on Sunday October 24, 2004 @09:21PM from the comic-shop-guy's-revenge dept.

sgant writes "What is your favorite equation? This was the question asked by Physics World in a recent poll. This is also covered in a New York Times article about the same poll. Some of the equations mentioned were the simplistic 1+1=2 and Euler's equation, eⁱ + 1 = 0. What are some of your favorite equations?"

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Re:ok not the greatest by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-24 21:36 · Score: -1, Redundant

Your .sig link dangles!
2 + 2 = 5 by SteelLynx · 2004-10-24 22:30 · Score: 0, Redundant

Couldn't see it in any of the other comments ;-)

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Re:correction by KDan · 2004-10-24 22:41 · Score: -1, Redundant

Euler has a ridiculous amount of stuff named after him.

Deservedly, for the most part...

Daniel

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Re:how about this one by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-24 22:58 · Score: -1, Redundant

So (stress * time)/work = 0

That doesn't make any fucking sense you jackass. YOU FAIL IT.
Re:1=2 by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-24 23:28 · Score: -1, Redundant

explanation for the dumbasses - step 5 is invalid because you are dividing by x-y which according to step 1 is zero
Women are Evil by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-24 23:54 · Score: -1, Redundant

To get a woman, you need some amount of time, and some amount of money. The more money you have, the less time you need, so, you can make an equation...

woman = time x money

We all know "time is money", so we can substitute...

woman = money x money = money^2

We also know that "money is the root of evil", so we can substitute, again...

woman = (evil^.5)^2

Simplify again, and we get...

woman = evil
I know this is *really* ancient by now but... by Tersevs · 2004-10-25 00:12 · Score: -1, Redundant

Math can show hidden truth is everyday life.

A girldfriend is the product of lots if invested time and money

GIRLFRIEND = TIME * MONEY

but if "time is money"

TIME = MONEY

we have that

GIRLFRIEND = MONEY^2

and if "money is the root of all evil"

MONEY = SQRT(EVIL)

this implies that

GIRLFRIEND = EVIL

So lets avoid them, fellow geeks!
girls = evil by MagicMerlin · 2004-10-25 00:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

how about the proof that girls are evil?

Merlin
Girls are evil by darksith69 · 2004-10-25 00:26 · Score: 0, Redundant

Not mine, I saw this on http://pasky.ji.cz/

First we state that girls require money and time:
girls = money * time
As we all know, 'time is money':
time = money
Therefore:
girls = money^2
And because 'money is the root of all evil':
money = sqrt(evil)
Therefore:
girls = sqrt(evil)^2
And we are forced to conclude that:
girls = evil
Re:correction by Analog+Anomaly · 2004-10-25 01:31 · Score: -1, Redundant

take a closer look at the symbol: it IS the symbol for pi, not an "n" so the equation is correct. E(i*3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939 93751058209749445923078164062862 08998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844 6095505822317253594081284811 17450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428 8109756659334461284756482337 86783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213 3936072602491412737245870066 06315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360 0113305305488204665213841469 51941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611 7931051185480744623799627495 67351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656 6430860213949463952247371907 02179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669 4051320005681271452635608277 85771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146 5495853710507922796892589235 42019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960 5187072113499999983729780499 51059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308 2533446850352619311881710100 03137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253 4904287554687311595628638823 53787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611 1959092164201989380952572010 65485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968 9957736225994138912497217752 83479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855 8890750983817546374649393192 55060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660 1047101819429555961989467678 37449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069 4912933136770289891521047521 62056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496 4732639141992726042699227967 82354781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555 7067498385054945885869269956 90927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665 4991198818347977535663698074 26542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060 0161452491921732172147723501 41441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523 3239073941433345477624168625 18983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494 6016534668049886272327917860 85784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225 1252051173929848960841284886 26945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945 0471237137869609563643719172 87467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590 0994657640789512694683983525 95709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902 6401363944374553050682034962 52451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709 8583874105978859597729754989 30161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953 9594310499725246808459872736 44695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244 1365497627807977156914359977 00129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648 1584560285060168427394522674 67678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886 2305774564980355936345681743 24112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669 1368672287489405601015033086 17928680920874760917824938589009714909675985261365 5497818931297848216829989487 22658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234364 5428584447952658678210511413 54735739523113427166102135969536231442952484937187 1101457654035902799344037420 07310578539062198387447808478489683321445713868751 9435064302184531910484810053 70614680674919278191197939952061419663428754440643 7451237181921799983910159195 61814675142691239748940907186494231961567945208095 1465502252316038819301420937 62137855956638937787083039069792077346722182562599 6615014215030680384477345492 0260541466592520149744285073251866
My favorite is E=MC2 by MrJerryNormandinSir · 2004-10-25 02:33 · Score: 0, Redundant

E=MC2