Imaginary Money: Teaching Complex Numbers and Euler’s Formula through Compound Interest

Description

Euler's Formula is one of the most elegant results in all of mathematics. Unfortunately, students are often taught complex numbers procedurally, so they cannot appreciate its beauty. Learn how a financial application, modelling business cycles through 'imaginary interest', leads students to arrive at the formula naturally.

Lead Speaker

Andrew Davidson, FiCycle

Audience

10 to 12

Topics

For the Love and Joy of Mathematics

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