A student in calculus today wanted to shake my hand after I explained e as a limit. Made my day!
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@MathPrinceps Agreed. But in high school, the student was frustrated to be told e = 2.718... without enough explanation of what it means -
@stevenstrogatz Isn't that sad? But sadder still is the root problem, which is that most high school teachers can't do what you did today.
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