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The '''Euler Number''', symbolized ''e'', is a useful [[mathematical]] constant which is an irrational [[transcendental]] number approximately equal to 2.718281828459045 . ''e'' can be used in [[logarithm]]s as the base, called a [[natural logarithm]]. ''e'' is named for [[Swiss]] [[mathematician]] [[Leonhard Euler]], though he did not discover the constant. | The '''Euler Number''', symbolized ''e'', is a useful [[mathematical]] constant which is an irrational [[transcendental]] number approximately equal to 2.718281828459045 . ''e'' can be used in [[logarithm]]s as the base, called a [[natural logarithm]]. ''e'' is named for [[Swiss]] [[mathematician]] [[Leonhard Euler]], though he did not discover the constant. | ||
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The Euler Number, symbolized e, is a useful mathematical constant which is an irrational transcendental number approximately equal to 2.718281828459045 . e can be used in logarithms as the base, called a natural logarithm. e is named for Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, though he did not discover the constant.
It has some remarkable properties. For example:
- <math>\frac{d}{dx}e^x = e^x.</math>
(i.e. the exponential function is an eigenfunction of the derivative operator, with eigenvalue 1).
Formulae for e
- With limits - <math>e=\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)^x</math>
- With infinite series - <math>e=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n!}</math>