[ Which one do you prefer working with ] Pi or e (1 Viewer)

[conics2008]

I like pi, because it can be used everywhere.. eg area,volume,trig,graphs,complex numbers and many more.

Plus it also looks nice..

 

[tommykins]

pi.

 

[midifile]

e, coz I hate having to change radians into degrees/switching to radian mode on my calculator when pi is involved

 

[me121]

can't i like both?
e^iπ + 1 = 0

 

[kurt.physics]

pi for me

 

[darkliight]

Can't I have my pi and e it too?

 

[buchanan]

Have you guys seen the video The Great Pi/e debate before you voted?

You can get it at
https://www.maa.org/EbusPPRO/Bookstore/ProductDetail/tabid/170/Default.aspx?ProductId=1440

 

[conics2008]

pi can turn on anyone's south pole area anyday.

 

[hollyy.]

thats tough, cant decide! umm pi no e wait...

 

[conics2008]

thats tough, cant decide! umm pi no e wait...

make up your freakin mind WOMEN!

 

[hollyy.]

make up your freakin mind WOMEN!

ok ok i choose e

 

[conics2008]

^^^^^^^^ LoL ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[dwarven]

pi xD
coz it looks awesome

 

[buchanan]

there is no debate.

Yes there is. And it was reviewed <a href="http://www.maa.org/reviews/GreatPieDebate.html">here</a>.

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

They've got a book dedicated to it? Lol. Edit: My bad it's a video...even more sad.

Pi ftw.

 

[Forbidden.]

π

http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/index1.html

 

[CrazyCong]

pi because i knew about it before e. still i dont know whats e lol..

 

[pLuvia]

e
been accustomed to using it after all the statistics I've been doing

 

[Forbidden.]

pi because i knew about it before e. still i dont know whats e lol..

Euler's number, the inverse of log_ex (or ln x) ... part of Euler's formula e^iθ = cos θ + i sin θ ...

 

[darkliight]

Euler's number, the inverse of log_ex (or ln x) ... part of Euler's formula e^iθ = cos θ + i sin θ ...

e is a number, not the inverse of a function (especially one whose definition relies on the definition of e ). I guess the most intuitive way to 'discover' the number e is to consider the derivative of the functions 2^x and 3^x. You'll be left with some constant, < 1 and > 1 respectively, times your original function. So we reason there must be some number between 2 and 3, call it e, such that the function e^x leaves you with the constant 1 times your original function when you differentiate.

P.S. I cringe everytime someone calls it Euler's number.