==== 17 Equations ==== In his book, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, Ian Stewart discusses each equation engagingly and practically... === Pythagorean Theorem === $$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$$ ---- === Logarithms === $$log{xy} = log{x} + log{y}$$ ---- === Calculus === $$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t} = \lim_{x\to\infty} = \frac{f{(t+h)}- f{(t)}}{h}$$ ---- === Newton’s Law of Gravity === $${F}_\text{gravity}=G\frac{m_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}$$ ---- === Complex Numbers === $$i^2=-1$$ ---- === Euler’s Formula for Polyhedra === ---- === Normal Distribution === ---- === Wave Equation === ---- === Fourier Transform === ---- === Navier-Stokes Equation === ---- === Maxwell’s Equations === $$\begin{aligned} &\nabla\cdot\mathcal{E} = 0 &\nabla\cdot\mathcal{H} = 0 \end{aligned}$$ $$\begin{aligned} &\nabla\times\mathcal{E} = - \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial\mathcal{H}}{\partial t} &\nabla\times\mathcal{H} = - \frac{1}{c}\frac{\partial\mathcal{E}}{\partial t} \end{aligned}$$ ---- === Second Law of Thermodynamics === $$dS\geq0$$ ---- === Relativity === $$E=mc^2$$ ---- === Schrodinger’s Equation === ---- === Information Theory === $$H=-\sum p(x) + log{p(x)}$$ ---- === Chaos Theory === $$x_{t+1} = kx_t(1-x_i)$$ ---- === Black-Scholes Equation ===