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re:math trivia

     The swiss mathematician Leonard Euler chose "e" in 
     1727, probably because it is the first letter in 
     exponential.
     
     "e" is the number such that  lim  (e(^h)-1)/h=1
                                  h->0
     
     
     Skip Danielson
     Health Physicist
     Fluor Daniel Fernald
     edwin_danielson@fernald.gov