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Misha comments on On Pi day, we eat pie; On Tau day, we eat Taoists? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 March 2011 05:59:17AM 4 points [-]

As far as e goes, I would say that the true fundamental there is the function exp(z) = e^z. Then e and 1/e are just special values of that function, exp(1) and exp(-1) -- nothing to be terribly interested in.