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The matematical constant e (2.718...)
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Can someone give me a explanation of the matematical constant e=2.7182...??? What''s so magical about it and why is it exactly 2.7182...??? If you know of some resources where I can get more information then that would be great too!
Thanks!
::shifty eyes:: you''re a non-believer aren''t you? e shows up nearly everywhere. e and ln (log base e) determine the halflife of an atom, how long it will take an object to cool to a certain temperature, etc (anything where the amount at a time is based on the rate of change of the amount). That is not nearly the limit of where it shows up but I am in a hurry so just go to the link given already. Wikipedia.com also has some good info on it but the site was down when I tried to get onto it this time.
PI >> e
I coudn''t resist either, even though it has nothing to do with OP.
You have to remember that you''re unique, just like everybody else.
I coudn''t resist either, even though it has nothing to do with OP.
You have to remember that you''re unique, just like everybody else.
definiton of e?
e=(1+(1/x))^x where x starts at one and goes forever. use like a large nubmer for x. say...20. You''ll get an answer
the larger x is, more accurate e is.
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e=(1+(1/x))^x where x starts at one and goes forever. use like a large nubmer for x. say...20. You''ll get an answer
the larger x is, more accurate e is.
Charles Hwang -aka oatmeal.net [Maxedge My Site(UC)|E-mail|NeXe|NeHe|SDL]
[Google|Dev-C++|GDArticles|C++.com|MSDN]
What do you not understand?
Charles Hwang -aka oatmeal.net
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Charles Hwang -aka oatmeal.net [Maxedge My Site(UC)|E-mail|NeXe|NeHe|SDL]
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I guess he wants to know exactly why e appears everywhere, rather than what it is. Precisely how he said it, why it''s so "magical" 
You know skybin.. e has many other definitions. e can also be defined as the other boundary besides 1 under the graph of ln(x) such that the area under that curve is equal to 1. The second would be the sum of x/x! from 1 to infinity
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