[Numpy-discussion] Don't call e Euler's constant.

2009-03-11 Thread Charles R Harris
Traditionally, Euler's constant is 0.57721 56649 01532 86060 65120 90082 40243 10421 59335 93992... see wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Mascheroni_constant. The constant e is sometimes called Euler's number -- shouldn't that be Napier or Bernoulli in a pc world -- but I think e

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Don't call e Euler's constant.

2009-03-11 Thread Chris Colbert
as long as we all agree that e has a value of 2.71828 18284 59045 23536, its just a matter of semantics. the constant you reference is indicated by greek lower gamma Chris On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: Traditionally, Euler's constant is

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Don't call e Euler's constant.

2009-03-11 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Charles R Harris charlesr.har...@gmail.com wrote: Traditionally, Euler's constant is 0.57721 56649 01532 86060 65120 90082 40243 10421 59335 93992... You're right, Euler constant is generally gamma. Euler number is not that great either (euler numbers in