The Palindrome

The Palindrome

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The fascinating story of the exponential function
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The fascinating story of the exponential function

From integers to matrix exponents

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The way you think about the exponential function is (probably) wrong.

Don't think so? I'll convince you. Did you realize that multiplying e by itself π times doesn't make sense?

e to the π
e to the π

Here is what's really behind the most important function of all time.

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The exponential

First things first: terminologies. The expression aᵇ is read "a raised to the power of b." (Or a to the b in short.)

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