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Euler the sailor man? - KeithB - 12-12-2024 09:28 PM

Today's XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/3023/

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I learned it from here:
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67277

Which has the limerick:

I used to think math was no fun,
'Cause I couldn't see how it was done.
Now Euler's my hero,
For I now see why 0
Is e to the pi i + 1.


RE: Euler the sailor man? - naddy - 12-12-2024 11:52 PM

Also, 1 mile = ln(5) km. Accurate to four places.


RE: Euler the sailor man? - gentzel - 12-13-2024 04:31 AM

Caption from the xkcd cartoon: "It works because a nautical mile is based on a degree of latitude, and the Earth (e) is a circle."