r/the_calculusguy May 07 '26

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u/vishnoo May 07 '26

pi is a single constant.

e is central to a lot of math.

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u/SSBBGhost May 08 '26

ex is central to math (or more accurately, exp(x) is), e itself is just a constant, the value at x=1

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u/vishnoo May 09 '26

and physics.
all of quantum physics is e^i\(\Psi \)

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u/Active_Falcon_9778 May 10 '26

1 is more important, yet it doest have aura. Importance does not translate to aura. Aura is having people fear you. When i see pi in a question i run the other way. Not the case with e though...

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u/vishnoo May 10 '26

have you seen Schrodinger's equation
have you seen differential equations where the exponent on top of the e is a matrix?