On the shape of e

Date of Publication

1993

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Mathematics and Statistics

Abstract/Summary

This paper is an exposition of an article entitled The Shape of e by Mary Coughlin published in Mathematics Magazine (Vol. 62, No. 1, Feb. 1989).Since the invention of e by the Greeks during the 1700's the question of what its geometric representation looks like has not yet been answered. The association of n with the circle makes a clearer representation of what the concept means and a supportive justification of its importance. The irrational number e is not closely identified with a definite geometric shape making its vague existence now even further from clarity.The purpose of this thesis is to identify and associate a definite geometric entity with the base e of the natural logarithm. This paper is focused on finding a geometric representation or shape of the base e of the natural logarithm.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU06106

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

67 leaves

Keywords

Mathematics--Formulae; Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.; Geometry, Analytic; Conic sections

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