Definition:Euler's Number/Also known as

Euler's Number: Also known as

Euler's number is also known as Napier's constant for John Napier.

Some sources give it as the Euler number, but this is not endorsed on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ in order not to confuse this with the Euler numbers.

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Euler number
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Euler number
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Euler number