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Adopey.152 net.math utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!dopey.smb Sat Mar 13 22:08:43 1982 anomalies My favorite anomaly involving logs goes like this (I == sqrt(-1)):

e ** (pi * I) = -1 e ** 2*(pi * I) = -1 **2 = 1 log (e ** 2*pi*I) = log 1 2*pi*I = 0 I = 0

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