This is actually a math question, but I'm not posting it in the math section for two reasons... 1. I'm just looking for the answer to the question (my immediate intention is not to learn anything new......although I probably will anyway) 2. The reason behind this question is silly. Here is the problem: \( 0.002+\displaystyle e^{i\pi}+\sum_{a=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^n} \) I am not the most mathematically minded person in the world, so I don't currently possess the knowledge required to figure this one out. ....at any rate, the reason behind this question is due to an email that was forwarded to me from a friend. the email depicts an "angry customer" who wrote a check to pay a bill, and wrote it in this notation. I'm curious as to what the actual dollar value was.
Isn't this to do with the guy that used his US cellphone in Canada. They said the rate was 0.002 cents and actually charged him 0.002 dollars? http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/
.....ah. I knew there was something else to it. The email I received didn't go into much detail, and did not link to that blog
The series sums to +1 and the exponential equals -1 The expression equals .002 Is there a typo? Perhaps it should be .02 instead of .002
I would have sent them $1.01 and then threatened them with a lawsuit if they didn't send me my change. ~Raithere
Possibly. If it wasn't "a=1" then it may have been "n=1" \( 0.002+\displaystyle e^{i\pi}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{2^n} \)
