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Euler the sailor man? - KeithB - 12-12-2024 09:28 PM Today's XKCD: https://xkcd.com/3023/ [attachment=14428] 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." |