I just read through Roger's compilation of Ken's quotes. I saw this document shorty after Roger started working on it and haven't looked until today. This is great work Roger. You've put time and energy into reminding us, and anyone that reads your notes, just how deep and persistent Ken's ideas were.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for the tip. Googling "And plus 1 leaves you nought but a sigh" led > to http://www.pleacher.com/mp/mpoetry/epii.html and a fuller version: > > 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 > Equals e to the pi i + 1. > > e raised to the pi times i, > And plus 1 leaves you nought but a sigh. > This fact amazed Euler > That genius toiler, > And still gives us pause, bye the bye. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:31 AM, John Scholes <j...@dyalog.com> wrote: > > > e raised to the pi times i, > > And plus 1 leaves you nought but a sigh, > > This fact amazed Euler, > > That genius toiler, > > And still gives us pause, bye the bye. > > > > > > As far as I know, this ditty is by the prolific poet: A.Non. > > > > J. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- John D. Baker bakerj...@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
