The base of the natural logarithm, equal to the limit of (1 + 1/n)^n as n→∞. Irrational and transcendental.
e (Euler's number)
Related concepts
- Real numbers (ℝ)
- γ (Euler–Mascheroni constant)
- ln 2
- Ω (Omega constant)
- A (Glaisher–Kinkelin constant)
- Laplace limit
- L (Lévy's constant)
- λ (Golomb–Dickman constant)
- Radioactive decay law
- Partition function
- Fisher-KPP 1937 travelling wave with selected minimum speed
- Concentration cells (Nernst limit)
- pH = pKa + log₁₀([A⁻]/[HA]); pI = ½(pKa1 + pKa2) for amino acid
- Kinetic isotope effects (KIE)
- Nernst equation: E = E° − (RT/nF) ln Q (equilibrium-potentiometry backbone)
- PCR exponential amplification: N(c) = N_0·(1+e)^c; e ∈ [0,1]