e to the pi i, a nontraditional take (old version)

The enigmatic equation e^{pi i} = -1 is usually explained using Taylor's formula during a calculus class. This video offers a different perspective, which involves thinking about numbers as actions, and about e^x as something which turns one action into another.

Mar 5, 2015
Lesson by Grant Sanderson
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