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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by shiandow on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:39AM (#50412750)
There's a 2 in the definition of sin :-)

Though it really depends which definitions you find more fundamental.

Still, exp and log seem like good choices.

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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by JadeNB on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:42PM (#50421151)
> There's a 2 in the definition of sin :-)

How?

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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by shiandow on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:14AM (#50422606)
sin(x) = (e^ix - e^-ix) / 2i
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Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025) by Personability on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:53AM (#50427244)
That's more an identity than a definition.
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