http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:45:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:40:09 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-4214 [...] started the week with my best attempt to explain the intuition underlying the spectacular formula eiπ = -1, frequently described as the most beautiful and astonishing equation in all of mathematics. Gauss [...] [...] started the week with my best attempt to explain the intuition underlying the spectacular formula eiπ = -1, frequently described as the most beautiful and astonishing equation in all of mathematics. Gauss [...]

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-4099 Harold Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:31:33 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-4099 Combining this with the one on cartoons, I found this: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1776#comic Combining this with the one on cartoons, I found this:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1776#comic

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-3983 thedifferentphil Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:40:31 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-3983 I will let you put a dollar in and then owe another dollar in 3.14 years. Instead, I will borrow a dollar at that rate, starting with a balance of -$1, then in 3.14 years I will collect another dollar and close the account! I will let you put a dollar in and then owe another dollar in 3.14 years. Instead, I will borrow a dollar at that rate, starting with a balance of -$1, then in 3.14 years I will collect another dollar and close the account!

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-3981 Joe Z Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:07:13 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-3981 So for a time deposit of 3.14159 years, the need for FDIC is effectively eliminated. So for a time deposit of 3.14159 years, the need for FDIC is effectively eliminated.

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-3980 Neil Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:12:02 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-3980 You forgot to mention that like all banks, these banks lend at twice the interest rate they pay on deposits, so no matter how many pi years go by, a loan remains a loan. You forgot to mention that like all banks, these banks lend at twice the interest rate they pay on deposits, so no matter how many pi years go by, a loan remains a loan.

]]> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/03/15/financial-imagineering/comment-page-1/#comment-3976 Random Thoughts Thread. (Clean version) - Page 256 - Emuforums.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:07:50 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=2722#comment-3976 [...] get much more random than this: what if banks paid imaginary interest rates? Oh, and e^i*pi = -1 __________________ 'You're spying and betraying Switzerland to try and [...] [...] get much more random than this: what if banks paid imaginary interest rates? Oh, and e^i*pi = -1 __________________ 'You're spying and betraying Switzerland to try and [...]

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