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The importance of e

  • 22-10-2007 11:03pm
    #1
    legspin
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    Sorry to bother you folks but what is the importance of Napiers Constant?
    I came across it again a few days ago after only hearing about it very briefly in school (many years ago now).

    I tried Wiki but the explanations were pitched a little high for what I can understand. I got the one about Bernoulli and compound interest but that was about it.

    Just curious

    Cheers.


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  • #2
    Pherekydes
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    e is possibly the most important number in the natural world. All populations grow and die at an exponential rate.

    Mathworld entry


  • #3
    hivizman
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    Slow coach wrote: »
    e is possibly the most important number in the natural world. All populations grow and die at an exponential rate.

    Mathworld entry

    Above link includes reference to a book e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor, published by Princeton University Press in 1998. I read this a few years ago and would recommend it as a clear and relatively non-mathematical explanation of the significance of e.


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