About the constant value 'e'..

[karthiprime]

how does natural logarithm evolved (why choosing the value e)???

Thanks in advance

 

[Ratch]

kathiprime,

how does natural logarithm evolved (why choosing the value e)???

Easy question to answer. The derivative of the natural log number raised to any power is its own value. In other words, d(e^x)/dx = e^x . No other number has this "natural" property. It is especially useful in problems involving calculus.

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[albbg]

The number 'e' was discovered by Bernoulli during his studies about the compound-interest, as you can find in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)

Euler discovered many properties of it.

 

[karthiprime]

Ratch, albbg,

Realised how special 'e' is... thanks!