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Old 11-16-2007, 04:06 PM
derosnec derosnec is offline
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Default Re: Need help conceptualizing the constant \"e\"

ok makes sense.

now, and you might not know this, but why do i use it in finance so much? we use it for continuously compounding interest rates. for example $100 at 5% interest continuously compounded for 2 years is $100e^.05*2. so, why e?
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