Andydovt Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I chose to demistify the number e for my math IA. What I have so far is how we came up with e throught solving continuous compound and calculus. I'm also planning on putting in some explanations why e exists in some important formulas. I was wondering if there is anything else I should add? So far I have only explained how we created e, I haven't done much on going calculations of my own. Regarding this topic, is there anything I can calculate? What other reflection, analysis should I do on this project? Thank you. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 In HL IA, you need to touch upon a wide variety of math. For example, it cannot be all limits, or all complex numbers or all exponential growth/decay. You should try to clearly illustrate some connections (beyond just having e in common) between seemingly unconnected usages. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydovt Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, kw0573 said: In HL IA, you need to touch upon a wide variety of math. For example, it cannot be all limits, or all complex numbers or all exponential growth/decay. You should try to clearly illustrate some connections (beyond just having e in common) between seemingly unconnected usages. I'm doing both limit and and exponential growth. I will analize how e is created and exists in those fields. I'm also thinking about trying to explain why e is a part of the normal distribution density funtion. Do you think that would be enough? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Andydovt said: I'm doing both limit and and exponential growth. I will analize how e is created and exists in those fields. I'm also thinking about trying to explain why e is a part of the normal distribution density funtion. Do you think that would be enough? What I was saying you should find some presence of e where you can use e to explain the connection between those 2 pieces of math. You should decide for yourself if you have best represented your math ability in the paper. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydovt Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, kw0573 said: What I was saying you should find some presence of e where you can use e to explain the connection between those 2 pieces of math. You should decide for yourself if you have best represented your math ability in the paper. Perfect. Got it! Thanks for helping! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazia Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 On 1/12/2017 at 11:50 PM, kw0573 said: What I was saying you should find some presence of e where you can use e to explain the connection between those 2 pieces of math. You should decide for yourself if you have best represented your math ability in the paper. Do you know how I can connect the usage of "e" in these two different areas? I am writing my math IA about "why does "e" occur in so many different context?" and I can't find enough sources to answer this question. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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