The Natural Base e
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"e" is a commonly used base for exponential functions.
Any number greater than 0 (except for 1) can be used for an exponential function. "e", called "Euler's Constant" (pronounced oiler) is one of the most commonly used bases, i.e.
#y = e^x# .It occurs in many applications such as statistics and finance. "e" can be defined as follows. If you take the function
#y = (1+1/x)^x# and then allow x to get larger and larger (approaching infinity), then y will approach the constant e, which is approximately 2.718.
David Britz
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Aug 29 2014
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#e = 1+ 1/1 + 1/(2*1) + 1/(3*2*1) + 1/(4*3*2*1) + 1/(5!)+ 1/(6!) + * * *# (For positive integer
#n# , we define:#n! = n(n-1)(n-2) * * * (3)(2)(1)# and#0! = 1# #e# is the coordinate on the#x# -axis where the area under#y=1/x# and above the axis, from#1# to#e# is#1# #e = lim_(m rarr oo) (1+1/m)^m# #e ~~ 2.71828# it is an irrational number, so its decimal expansion neither terminates nor goes into a cycle.
(It is also transcendental which, among other things, means it cannot be written using finitely many algebraic operations
(#xx, -: , +, -, "exponents and roots"# ) and whole numbers.)
Jim H
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Apr 22 2015
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Answer:
Euler's number is written as e. It is an irrational number and is used as the base of natural logarithms. Its first few digits are 2.718..... More about it is available on web.
Explanation:
Answer is self explanatory
bp
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Jul 10 2015
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Euler's number
#e# makes our lives a little easier since the slope of#f(x)=e^x# at#x=0# is exactly one. In other words,#e# is a base such that#f'(0)=lim_{h to 0}{e^(0+h}-e^0}/h=lim_{h to 0}{e^h-1}/h=1# ,which is quite useful in finding
#f'(x)# . Let us use the definition to find the derivative of#f(x)# .#f'(x)=lim_{h to 0}{e^{x+h}-e^x}/{h}=lim_{h to 0}{e^x cdot e^h-e^x}/h# by pulling
#e^x# out of the limit,#=e^x lim_{h to 0}{e^h-1}/h=e^x cdot 1=e^x# .Hence, the derivative of
#e^x# is itself, which is very convenient.
I hope that this was helpful.
Wataru
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Oct 28 2014