A quick pondering about the nature of the constant, e

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Because we can actually see the first few digits of e we can make inferences about the nature of infinity.

We see that e is calculated by (1+1/n)^n as n goes to infinity. Let’s say that at n=4, the second decimal place is no longer affected by subsequent steps of n.

Write a program that will make a table of all the values for given n values. Good questions would be “when does e reach two?”