Eulers pioneering equation, the most beautiful equation in mathematics, links the five most important constants in the subject: 1, 0, , e and i. Central to both mathematics and physics, it has also featured in a criminal court case, on a postage stamp, and appeared twice in The Simpsons. So what is this equation and why is it pioneering?

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