RE: math trivia

["CHASE,VINCE AD BIPUS" <vchase@bi-pharm.com>]

Skip,
Are you sure Euler didn't chose "e" because it's the first letter in
Euler?

Regards,
Vince Chase
Radiation Safety Officer
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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Edwin Danielson [SMTP:Edwin_Danielson@fernald.gov]
Sent:	Thursday, April 16, 1998 9:36 AM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	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