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Appendix B
Uses of Exponents and Logarithms
Exponential Functions
An exponential function is one whose independent variable is an exponent. For example:
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where:
In calculus, many exponential functions use as their base the irrational number 2.71828, denoted by the symbol e:
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An exponential function that uses e as its base is defined as a natural exponential function. For example:
These functions also can be expressed as:
In calculus, natural exponential functions have the useful ...
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