July 23

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by evay

I know pi is used in measuring circles, and i is the square root of -1 (so the square root of -4 is 2i), but what's "e" in mathematical terms?

It's a constant roughly equal to 2.7 and has to do with natural logarithms. If I remember correctly e is the limit as n approaches infinity of (1 +1/n)^n. Right, math-heads?

Not very applicable to my chosen field of ancient history. But if anyone asks I can always say Caesar invented it. People usually believe that. (He did invent military cryptography, which has as mathematical basis, so we're not too far afield...)