In The Book on Numbers by John Conway and Richard Guy the number e is persistently called Napier's number. I know that John Napier has more or less discovered logarithms, but is this really the correct name? |
In The Book on Numbers by John Conway and Richard Guy the number e is persistently called Napier's number. I know that John Napier has more or less discovered logarithms, but is this really the correct name? --JanHidders |