An Intuitive Guide To Exponential Functions & E
e has always bothered me — not the letter, but the mathematical constant. What does it really mean?
Math books and even my beloved wikipedia describe e using obtuse jargon:
The mathematical constant e is the base of the natural logarithm.
And when you look up natural logarithm you get:
The natural logarithm, formerly known as the hyperbolic logarithm, is the logarithm to the …Crowd Favorites
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