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The weird E is Euler's _constant_, and the slightly italicized e is Euler's _number_. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_constant https://en.wikipedia.org
by Scarblac 5y ago
The weird E is Euler's _constant_, and the slightly italicized e is Euler's _number_.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_constant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)
- poizan42 5y agoBut that is the Euler–Mascheroni constant which is normally denoted by gamma. There is a footnote on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlike_Symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlike_Symbols that says: > It's unknown which constant this is supposed to be. Xerox standard XCCS 353/046 just says 'Euler's'. See also this discussion on math stackexchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3123704 https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3123704
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoI think they're aware, but replying to when the parent asked "anyone know the symbol for Euler's constant" when they really neeeded the symbol for Euler's number.