What is the most beatiful formula in physics?

Question

Einstein´s energy-matter formula? Or Euler´s? Newton´s? Archimedes´ ? Maxwell´s?

Answer 1

Einstein's law of gravitation. It certainly looks nicer than Newton's :P

Answer 2

I don't know from where the euler's formula is appearing.It is a formula of pure maths. If u r talking about the formula from pure maths,then how can u forget ramanujan(pherhaps the greatest mathematical genius ever, even keeping gauss & eular in head)?To me the most beautiful formulas in pure maths are ramanujan's PARTITION OF NUMBERS & his THETA FUNCTION(what he discovered when he is in the death bed). Now if u taking about physics it is really heard to decide. To me they r the formula of electron as SCHRODINGER'S EQUATION & DIRAC'S EQUATION. EINSTEIN'S EQUATIONS of gravitational field is also a contender in beauty competition but the most original & beautiful fomulas are the MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. Still the greatest formula is that which made us, don't u agree? At last thank u 4 such a beautiful question. It is the beauti of the EQUATIONS OF PHYSICS that attract most students of theoretical physics.

Answer 3

I personally like Euler's identity e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0, but I'm not sure if that really counts as a physics formula. It seems more like math to me.

Answer 4

F = G m1 m2 / r2
Newton's law of universal gravitation
If F is the force due to gravity, g the acceleration due to gravity, G the Universal Gravitational Constant (6.67x10-11 N.m2/kg2), m the mass and r the distance between two objects. Then

Answer 5

I would say it was the E=(mc^2)/(square root of (1-(v/c)^2))

This is the true Einstein formula that links everything at constant speed! Truly beautiful!!!!

Answer 6

Tough choice between

Einstein's

e = mc^2

because simplicity and complexity becomes one.

And,

Euler's equation

e^(pi * i) + 1 = 0

It contains 5 of the important entities. (natural log constant e, pi, complex number i, unity 1 and zero 0)

Answer 7

I am personally fond of Maxwell's equations myself. I used to have a T-shirt that said:

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And God Said...
▼∙D = ρ
▼∙B = 0
▼xE = - ∂B/∂t
▼xH = J + ∂D/∂t

... And There Was Light!
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I know no one else understood it, but so what. And yeah, everyone knows "E=mc^2" but how many really know what it means?

Look, almost no one knows or understands Maxwell's equations, but everyone gets "Let there be light!" Right?

Answer 8

Clearly the most beautiful formula in physics is Navier-Stokes Equations. If only we could find closure....

Answer 9

attempt writing each and each formulation 15 circumstances. this could desire to help with the memmorization. additionally, a lot of physics formulae could be derived, so with somewhat calculus, you purely could desire to recollect some equations.

Answer 10

E=MC^2

Answer 11

E=MC^2