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Napier's \(e\)
Course Topic(s): One-Variable Calculus | History of Calculus
Essay giving history of the number e and logarithms, with focus on why we use "(e)" to represent the base of the natural logarithm.
Resource URL: http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3209
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Subject classification(s):
Single Variable Calculus
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Calculus
Creator(s): Amy Shell-Gellasch
Contributor(s): Editor, Loci: Convergence
Publisher:MAA, MathDL Loci: Convergence
Resource copyright: MAA
This review was published on February 12, 2011
Related Resources
- Logarithms: The Early History of a Familiar Function
- The Enigmatic Number \(e\): A History in Verse and Its Uses in the Mathematics Classroom
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