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'''''e''''' is a useful [[mathematical]] constant which is a [[transcendental]] number approximately equal to 2.718281828459045 . ''e'' can be used in [[logarithm]]s as the base, called a [[natural logarithm]]. ''e'' is named for [[Swiss]] mathematician [[Leonhard Euler]], though he did not discover the constant.
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'''''e''''' is a useful [[mathematical]] constant which is a [[transcendental]] number approximately equal to 2.718281828459045 . ''e'' can be used in [[logarithm]]s as the base, called a [[natural logarithm]]. ''e'' is named for [[Swiss]] [[mathematician]] [[Leonhard Euler]], though he did not discover the constant.
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It has some remarkable properties that its exponential to any [[real number]] <math>x</math> is:
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It has some remarkable properties that its [[exponential]] to any [[real number]] <math>x</math> is:
    
:<math>\frac{d}{dx}e^x = e^x.</math>
 
:<math>\frac{d}{dx}e^x = e^x.</math>
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The exponetial function is the [[eigenfunction]] of the derivative operator.
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The exponetial function is the [[eigenfunction]] of the [[derivative]] operator.
    
==Formulae for ''e''==
 
==Formulae for ''e''==
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