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From: David Fontaine
Date: 29 Nov 2000 23:38:15
Message: <3A25D92A.62B0638@faricy.net>
Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> > Thanks Tor. Glass takes too long though :-\
> > BTW, wish I had a maths brain like yours.
>
> :)
>
> It seems like you too know some math.

Speaking of which, I just figured out that to use complex bases and
exponents you can convert the rectangular vector (a+bi) to circular
(ai^b) and then you only have one term and it becomes (somewhat) doable!
Mind you that I have never had this sort of material in school, I
conjecture it playing with my TI-89. :) So now I know that n^i =
cos(ln(n))+i*sin(ln(n)), but I have no idea why. :)

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