Another important one is e. Exponential growth (or decay) in both physical and social sciences including economics is modeled using this little e.
On Monday, December 15, 2014 8:14 PM, "Kamal Das kamalctgu@gmail.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Irrational numbers, said to be invented by Pythagoreans, were known to Egyptians and Indians before. The credit of invention is given to Hippasus of Metapontum. He was intrigued by the fascinating geometric symmetry of the pentagram. While star gazing, he found out that a pentagram is actually made of endless chain of pentagrams nested inside. From it, he invented the existence of incommensurables presently termed irrational numbers. For this heresy which went against the basic tenet of Pythagorean theorem that everything could be explained by integral numbers, Hippasus was thrown overboard to drown into the sea. There is a number of useful irrational numbers, pi is one of them.
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On Dec 15, 2014, at 7:08 AM, "Shah Deeldar shahdeeldar@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Actually, I was talking about constants, not about regular numbers. Aren't they derived from great calculations?-SD
"Subtle is the God" - said Einstein. Presently, (s)he has become a shuttle object on the quest of existence. Numbers weren't derived from great calculations. Those are the basis of great calculations. Initially numbers were counted on the phalanges of the fingers. Only three were known. In course of time, the number of basic numbers had increased to twelve before being reduced to two in the binary math. Ghost and God ain't the same either. Ghost is a back footed illusion. In limelight, ghost recedes to invisibility, while God encompasses the universe of the believers.
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On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:14 AM, "Shah Deeldar shahdeeldar@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Those constant numbers derived from great calculations and seem to reflect actual reality as close as possible. How else would anybody can calculate the area of a circle? I am not sure what are we fighting about? I am lost.-SDOn Sunday, December 14, 2014 12:15 PM, "Subimal Chakrabarty subimal@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
God is not a good analogy for the number system. The number system consists of definitions, axioms, properties, rules, etc.
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On Dec 13, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:What are Imaginary number? Numbers are metaphysical concept; different people represent them with different shapes, just like the concept of God; people represent God with different shapes as well. We all know the importance of numbers in our physical world. But, unfortunately, importance of God is hard to justify anymore. There is a saying like this - God becomes Ghost due to the human conspiracies. Practically, God has become monster under human conspiracies.Jiten Roy
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