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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Mathematical constant e : Called 'Twice Tolstoy' in Russia

Mathematical constant e, an irrational number (a number that cannot be expressed
as a fraction) beginning 2.718281828. The silly little detail was that
mathematicians in Russia call it ‘twice Tolstoy’, since the Russian novelist was
born in 1828.

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