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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 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rook543.livejournal.com
PI R Square

So I always know EXACTLY how much pizza I will be eating!

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Date: 2008-04-17 10:58 pm (UTC)
jss: (badger)
From: [personal profile] jss
No, pi r round. Cornbread r square.

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Date: 2008-04-18 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com
Maybe so, but it's tasty. Especially with Great Northern beans cooked down with a ham hock . . . damn now I'm hungry.

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Date: 2008-04-18 04:40 pm (UTC)
jss: (food)
From: [personal profile] jss
I am as sorry as I should be, given the circumstances.

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