The numbers π and e are famous constants, approximately equal to 3.141592653589793... and 2.718281828459045..., respectively. Remarkably, the number e to the power π√163 is within 0.000000000001 of an integer. This may seem like a coincidence, but it is not.
The key to the mystery is that the number 163 has some unusual properties in the context of uniqu…
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