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The limit definition: (1 + 1/n)ⁿ → e

Table showing (1+1/n)^n converging to e

n(1 + 1/n)ⁿAbstdan zu e
12,0000000,71828
102,5937420,12454
1002,7048140,01347
1 0002,7169240,00136
1 000 0002,7182810,0000014
2,71828…0
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e^x: the only function that is its own derivative
13.135.267.39e≈2.718e^x00.6712xe^x

At x=1, the height of the curve is e ≈ 2.718 and the slope of the tangent is also e. No other base b^x has this property.

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Compound interest converges to e as compounding increases
22.242.482.72e≈2.718(1+1/n)^n12412523658.76k1Mn (Verzinsungen pro Jahr)

Starting with $1 at 100% annual interest: compounding monthly gives $2.613, daily $2.714, every second $2.718. The limit as n→∞ is exactly e.

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Generate the digits of Euler's Number e
e has no final digit

Euler's Number e is irrational. Its decimal expansion never ends and never repeats. Every digit shown below is computed from the taylor series.

e = 1 + 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! +...