Eadem mutata resurgo [Changed and yet the same, I rise again]

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Gravestone marker (1705) referring to the logarithmic spiral, which remains the same after mathematical transformations. He considered it a symbol of resurrection. Bernoulli wanted the logarithmic Spira mirabilis, "the marvelous spiral," engraved on his headstone, but an Archimedean spiral was placed there instead.

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