This immediately makes me think of De Moivre's equation, which I just learned about from another front-paging HN article, "The Most Dangerous Equation" (http://

This immediately makes me think of De Moivre's equation, which I just learned about from another front-paging HN article, "The Most Dangerous Equation" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4893258 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4893258)