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Euler's number en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who did, however, not discover it, although he likely gave the constant its modern symbol e.

Meanings

  1. The mathematical constant e, the base of the natural logarithm; an irrational, transcendental number approximately equal to 2.71828.

Synonyms

Napier's constant

Translations (7)

pt número de Neper (the mathematical constant e) · bg Не́перово число́ (the mathematical constant e) · fi Neperin luku (the mathematical constant e) · bg О́йлерово число́ (the mathematical constant e) · de Eulersche Zahl (the mathematical constant e) · pt número de Euler (the mathematical constant e) · ja ネイピア数 (the mathematical constant e)

wikipedia: Euler's constant · wikipedia: Leonhard Euler