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
Attachments
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