On Saturday, July 18, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael P. Walsh wrote:   
   > Jeff560 wrote:   
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   > > It may be remarkable that the term was used on the show in 1995.  A 1994   
   book   
   > > "e: The story of a number" claims the term has been suggested, since Napier   
   > > came close to discovering e, and since the term "Euler's constant" is   
   already   
   > > taken.  I have found no other use of the term in print.  It is in no   
   > > dictionary, and all hits for "Napier's constant" on the Internet point to   
   the   
   > > X-Files.  Thus it's surprising that an X-Files writer may have been aware   
   of   
   > > this rather obscure suggestion.   
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   > Maybe the writer or one of his friends is also either   
   > a mathematician or an engineer.   
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   > e isn't one of those things that come up in general   
   > conversation, but it certainly is a much used   
   > term in science and engineering.   
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   > Mike Walsh   
      
   e is the inverse natural log of 1. it is 2.718281828....   
      
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