What is Euler's formula actually saying? | Ep. 4 Lockdown live math
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A convergent series gives a way to approximate the exponential numerically. At angle π the circle’s vertical coordinate vanishes and its horizontal coordinate is −1, giving an independent geometric check.
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you can chop off the series pretty early to get an approximate valuethe y component, sine, is actually 0