An Intuitive Guide To Exponential Functions & E
The best explanation of what e really is and how to use.
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 base e, where e is an irrational constant approximately equal to 2.718281828459.
Nice circular reference there. It’s like a dictionary that defines labyrinthine with Byzantine: it’s correct but not helpful. What’s wrong with everyday words like “complicated”?
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