Nicole, a physics graduate student and blogger, writes:
My tattoo is the Taylor expansion of sine. I consider it the most beautiful thing I have ever learned (it has held that title for about 7 years) and I got the tattoo after my freshman year at MIT. It has additional meaning to me since sin(x)~x is one of the most useful things in physics.
For a lesson in Taylor series, go here.
Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is The Tangled Bank: An Introduction To Evolution. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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May 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Please, I recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series
I consider the Taylor series of sine beautiful when I put it together with the Taylor series of exponent and complex numbers…
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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May 5th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Fascinating concept!