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What is e, and Why is it Important?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

This post is to give some background about the constant e. Math students normally encounter e (2.7182818284590452…) in their Precalculus chapter on exponentials and logarithms, and they often wonder where this rather odd number comes from, and what is special about it.

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