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November 10, 2015 | 09:50 am

Discovery of classic pi formula a ‘cunning piece of magic’

When most people think about pi, they associate the mathematical constant with arcs and circles. Mathematicians, however, are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University physicists were still surprised to find it lurking in a quantum mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom.

topics: Carl Hagen, Department of Mathematics, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Tamar Friedmann,