Considered to be among the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Was a ferverant Christian, defending his faith against many atheists of his day including Voltaire.
Among his many achievements, he discovered, the “most famous mathematical formula”, in all of mathematics: this is called Eulers number or Eulers Identity.
Combining Eulers number with Pi, these 5 constants symbolise the four branches of classical mathematics.
Arithmetic is represented by (1+0)
Algebra is represented by (i)
Geometry is represented by (Pi)
Analysis is represented by (e)
(e) in the language of calculus, is the only function in mathematics, that has a derivative that is equal to itself. It is also the only function having a rate of growth, equal to its size. Therefore (e) is the fundamental function for equations describing growth and many other processes of change.
(e) shows up in equations for, wave mechanics, electrical theory, advanced maths, the distribution of Prime numbers and is used in the Banking Industry to limit the growth of compound interest.
(e) is also found in the New Testament, in a rather unusual way!
The New testament was written in Greek. The Greek language, for each of its letters, is ascribed a corresponding numerical value.
So, if we take the first sentence in the Gospel of John, (John 1:1), “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God”.
And calculate!
the number of letters x the product of the letters/the number of words x the product of the words
= 2.7183
(e) correct to 4 decimal places!
2000 years before Christ, the Greeks knew that Pi, was the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
Pi, is essential in geometry, also turning up in, waves of air, water, electricity and light.
Pi, has an approximate value of 3.14. Today’s computers can calculate Pi, to more than 200 billion decimal places.
Pi, is also found in the Bible, in an equally interesting way!
The very first sentence of the Old Testament, written in Hebrew, Genesis 1:1.
Again the Hebrew language affords each of its alphabetic characters with numerical values.
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”
And calculate!
the number of letters x the product of the letters/the number of words x the product of the words
=3.146
Pi, correct to 4 decimal places!
As a Jewish friend once commented..........."A coincidence is God working under cover"
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