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The Number \(e\)  


Course Topic(s): One-Variable Calculus | History of Calculus

Essay giving an overview of the history of the number \(e\), including various ways of obtaining and representing it. References.

Resource URL: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/e.html


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Subject classification(s): Single Variable Calculus | Calculus

Creator(s): J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson

Contributor(s): J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson

This resource was cataloged by Janet Beery

Publisher:
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

Resource copyright: St. Andrews University, Scotland; MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

This review was published on February 11, 2011

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