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9 hours ago

The only intuitive definition of e I can remember is "how much $1 becomes after a year in a savings account with 100% interest compounded infinitely" funny enough.

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ViscountPenguin  4 hours ago

That definition also gives a nice introduction to e's taylor series!

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