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Mathematician Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, discoverer of "strange attractors", and coiner of the term "butterfly effect", has passed away at the age of ninety.

What's your favorite mathematical law, constant or formula? I'm an e=mc2 man myself, although π and i will always hold special places in my heart.

ETA: And how could I forget the tesseract?

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Date: 2008-04-17 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] momentrabbit.livejournal.com
I have always been fond of Cole's Law, myself.

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Date: 2008-04-17 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildcard9.livejournal.com
What a load of cabbage!

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Date: 2008-04-17 08:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com
Zingerman's Roadhouse has an excellent proof of that, which goes very well with their Eastern North Carolina pulled pork sammich.

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Date: 2008-04-18 12:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valarltd.livejournal.com
You know, in French, "My little cabbage" is a term of endearment.
But what if you want to make hot love instead of cold slaw?

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