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17 Equations
In his book, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, Ian Stewart discusses each equation engagingly and practically…
Pythagorean Theorem
$$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$$
Logarithms
$$log{xy} = log{x} + log{y}$$
Calculus
$$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t} = \lim_{x\to\infty} = \frac{f{(t+h)}- f{(t)}}{h}$$
Newton’s Law of Gravity
$${F}_\text{gravity}=G\frac{m_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}$$
Complex Numbers
$$i^2=-1$$
Euler’s Formula for Polyhedra
Normal Distribution
Wave Equation
Fourier Transform
Navier-Stokes Equation
Maxwell’s Equations
$$\begin{aligned} &\nabla\cdot\mathcal{E} = 0 &\nabla\cdot\mathcal{H} = 0 \end{aligned}$$
$$\begin{aligned} &\nabla\times\mathcal{E} = - \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial\mathcal{H}}{\partial t} &\nabla\times\mathcal{H} = - \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial\mathcal{E}}{\partial t} \end{aligned}$$
Second Law of Thermodynamics
$$dS\geq0$$
Relativity
$$E=mc^2$$
Schrodinger’s Equation
Information Theory
$$H=-\sum p(x) + log{p(x)}$$
Chaos Theory
$$x_{t+1} = kx_t(1-x_i)$$