Thanks for the FOMO pressure. I tried it out. The automatic code correction was
interesting.
me: Evaluate the expression e^(iπ). First try to show your work without using
the analysis tool. Then execute the expression in the analysis tool.
Claude: Let me solve this step by step first, then verify with the analysis
tool.
The expression e^(iπ) is a famous mathematical constant known as Euler's
formula when set equal to its result.
Manual calculation:
1) e^(iπ) can be expanded using Euler's formula: e^(ix) = cos(x) + i*sin(x)
2) In this case, x = π
3) Therefore, e^(iπ) = cos(π) + i*sin(π)
4) We know that:
- cos(π) = -1
- sin(π) = 0
5) Substituting these values:
e^(iπ) = -1 + i*0 = -1
Let me verify this using the analysis tool:
```
import { complex, e, pi, i } from 'mathjs';
// Calculate e^(iπ)
const result = e.pow(complex(0, pi));
console.log("e^(iπ) =", result.toString());
// Calculate the magnitude (absolute value) to verify
console.log("Magnitude:", result.abs());
Result
Error
_mathjs.e.pow is not a function
```
I apologize for the error. Let me correct the code:
```
import { evaluate } from 'mathjs';
// Calculate e^(iπ)
const result = evaluate('e^(i*pi)');
console.log("e^(iπ) =", result.toString());
Result
e^(iπ) = -1
```
The analysis tool confirms our manual calculation: e^(iπ) = -1
This is one of the most beautiful equations in mathematics, known as Euler's
Identity when written as e^(iπ) + 1 = 0, as it connects five fundamental
mathematical constants (e, i, π, 1, and 0) in a single elegant equation.
On 2/11/25 12:19 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
It’s what I’d do.
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*From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Roger Critchlow
<[email protected]>
*Date: *Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
*To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] genai and critical thinking
"by themselves they cannot calculate" but when prompted they will attempt any
kind of task that wasn't blacklisted by their guard rails.
-- rec --
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Huh, Claude just implemented the optimal strategy to Nim and ran in it its
analysis tool (the Javascript engine on my browser).
*From: *Friam <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf
of Roger Critchlow <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date: *Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
*To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] genai and critical thinking
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
_[...]_ the evolving code itself -- code that can have informative
types and even carry proofs. The weirdest thing about using AI is that it has
no opinions. Claude will rewrite code without asking (seemingly having no
self-control), but it will not confront you like a frustrated colleague might.
It is happy to let you make a mess provided its sense of idiomatic code
patterns are satisfied.
This echoed something an old boss wrote me today:
I have much enjoyment torturing llms. I can get off the rails rather
easily. They have no state, by themselves they cannot calculate parity or play
nim perfectly.
Or one might say, they have no purpose.
--
¡sıɹƎ ןıɐH ⊥ ɐןןǝdoɹ ǝ uǝןƃ
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