What is the use of e? Mention its significance:roots, shoots and heights to which it takes us...

Dear srinivas,

 e is the unique real number such that the value of the derivative(slope of the tangent line) of the function f(x) = e^x at the point x = 0 is equal to 1. The function e^x so defined is called the exponential function, and its inverse is the natural logarithm, or logarithm to base e. The number e is also commonly defined as the base of the natural logarithm (using an integral to define the latter), as the limit of a certain sequence , or as the sum of a certain series.

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