The TRUE ORIGIN of Euler's Number (NOT the logarithm)

Опубликовано: 19 Апрель 2026
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Euler's number e = 2.718281... is the base of the natural logarithm. But the origin of this number wasn't the logarithm. It only emerged almost a century later. In this video, we'll tell the true story of the number and how it emerged, when it was related to the natural logarithm, and why it has a close relationship with infinity.

Links to the videos in the logarithm series:
1. HOW DID SCIENTISTS DO ARRAYS BEFORE CALCULATORS?    • COMO Cientistas Faziam Contas ANTES DAS CA...  
2. SQUARE HYPERBOLA: 2000 years without an answer, until…    • QUADRATURA DA HIPÉRBOLE: 2000 anos sem res...  
3. THE TRUE NATURE OF THE LOGARITHM    • A VERDADEIRA NATUREZA do LOGARITMO  

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Script, presentation, and editing: Daniel Nunes
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