Thoughts for meditation and discussion. It seams many people do not think things through or look at issues from both sides. Most of these post contain only questions to help people think. I have tried to keep my opinions out of the discussion. If your opinion differs from mine that is OK. But think about it.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
My favorite proof, x=0 for all x
This proof uses the imaginary number $ i = \sqrt{-1} $
Let's start with something normal
\[ x = x \]
Then exponentiation of both sides:
\[ e^x = e^x \]
Multiply the right side 'x' by 1 with $ 1 = \frac{2 \pi i}{2 \pi i} $
\[ e^x = e^{( \frac{2 \pi i}{2 \pi i} x )} \]
Factor out the $ 2 \pi i $
\[ e^x = ( e^{2 \pi i} )^{( \frac{x}{2 \pi i} )} \]
Then use Euler's Identity $ e^{2 \pi i} = 1 $
\[ e^x = 1^{(\frac{x}{2 \pi i} )} \]
But 1 to any power is 1 so
\[ e^x = 1 \]
Then take the logarithm of both sides gives
\[ x = 0 \; \forall \: x \]
Or x = 0 for all x
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