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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