stackyFACTSEuler's identity combines zero, one, Pi, the imaginary number, and the base of natural logarithms into one impossibly short equation. These values originate from entirely unrelated branches of mathematics, yet they snap together flawlessly to equal exactly zero. It is mathematical poetry that feels slightly too perfect to be unscripted.
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