Math 10 Honours: Irrational Number

Irrational Number: e

This number was discovered in 1618 by John Napier. We use e in problems that involves growth or decay, which also includes compound interest. We also use e in problems like the statistical “bell curve,” the shape of a hanging cable, some problems that involves probability, counting problems, and even when we learn distribution of prime numbers.

 

The sources we used:

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.e.html

https://brilliant.org/wiki/the-discovery-of-the-number-e/

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/e-eulers-number.html

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-irrational-numbers.html