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on Feb 13, 2017
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Why does e to pi i equal -1? (2015) [video]
Survivorship bias of beautiful math. Who want's to study systems that don't simply and compose well. The exception that proves the rule is the 4 color theorem - ugly big-arse proof generated by a machine. Who is going to look into that any further?
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