The Most Beautiful Equation In Math

BEZARK

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Jan 29, 2026, 5:43:37 PM (yesterday) Jan 29

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Euler's Identity

e^(i π) + 1 = 0

BEZARK

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Jan 29, 2026, 6:01:01 PM (24 hours ago) Jan 29

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"Carl Friedrich Gauss, the Prince of Mathematics, is

often quoted as saying that if this identity was not immediately obvious to a student upon being told it, that student would never become a first-class mathematician !

Some in math doubt the quote.
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Thomas Argo

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Jan 29, 2026, 8:16:35 PM (22 hours ago) Jan 29

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If it equaled 42 I would have a better comment.

On Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 5:43:37 PM UTC-5 BEZARK wrote:

BEZARK

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Jan 29, 2026, 8:18:06 PM (22 hours ago) Jan 29

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Excellent!

Rick Richardson

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Jan 29, 2026, 9:01:54 PM (21 hours ago) Jan 29

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e^(i pi) = -1

BEZARK

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Jan 29, 2026, 9:22:03 PM (21 hours ago) Jan 29

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They wanted to include the concepts of plus and zero.

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