Monday, November 08, 2010

Transcendental Addition

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Some numbers transcend ordinary mathematics the way a good pie transcends ordinary desserts.

Oddly enough, it isn't known whether the sum of pi and e is transcendental.

Evenly enough, this comic was suggested from a comment made on a recent Spiked Math comic.

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1 comment:

  1. Spiked MathMonday, November 08, 2010 1:07:00 AM

    Yummy transcendental fat.

    Oddly enough, Google returns several websites that use the phrase "transcendental fat".

    Evenly enough, by the commutative property of addition, "epi" would also cost $5.85.

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