That's allright. This actually makes sense to me. So e was deliberately chosen just for this purpose?
In school they told us some story about interest and how if you calculate interest wrong you get to this number.
Your explanation is much better. Thanks a lot!
Hi!
This is my first post, and maybe there is already a thread about this, but I couldn't find one.
I found this forum through StumbleUpon.
My question is, what exactly is e? How did Mr. Euler get to this number?
I am from germany and recently graduated in a "gymnasium". Somewhat like the...