On Friday, July 10, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Jeff560 wrote:   
   > Could someone confirm for me that the term "Napier's constant" was in fact   
   > spoken in X-Files "Paper Clip" #3X02 (Part 3 of 3), original air date,   
   > 09/29/95?  I see the term in the plot summary.  I am interested in the   
   history   
   > of the use of this term for the constant usually designated by "e."   
   >   
   > Thank you,   
   > Jeff Miller   
   >   
   > http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html   
      
   Yes it was used indeed.  It is a mathematical basis for all natural   
   logarithms.  It is used often in banking.   
      
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