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What field, formula or concept from mathematics / science do you consider beautiful and why?

Any personal definition of "beauty" is allowed.

>> No.8858000

>>8857996
The beauty of mathematics lies in the shortness of its proofs

>> No.8858005

monstrous moonshine

>> No.8858015

The fact that 1+2+... = -1/12 is pretty beautiful.

>> No.8858021

I know it's basic but Cauchy's differentiation theorem is beautiful imo. It was like seeing the smarter and sleeker older sister of the fundamental theorem of calculus if that makes sense.

>> No.8858042

1 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 +1/4^2 +... =(pi)^2 / 6 is fucking beautiful

>> No.8858069

Mathematical "beauty" usually comes from an element of surprise ; when something you thought was complicated turns out to have a very simple explanation.
It also has to do with the feeling of seeing something from the right angle

>> No.8858113

>>8858000
Elegant!=beautiful

>> No.8858122

Cantor's diagnolization argument extended to Turing machines is p fucking cool.