{VERSION 4 0 "IBM INTEL NT" "4.0" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 }{CSTYLE "2D Math" -1 2 "Times" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }{CSTYLE "Hyperlink" -1 17 "" 0 1 0 128 128 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }{CSTYLE "2D Comment" 2 18 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 } {CSTYLE "2D Output" 2 20 "" 0 1 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 } {CSTYLE "" 0 21 "" 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 }{CSTYLE "Help Head ing" -1 26 "" 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }{CSTYLE "" -1 256 "Tim es" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }{PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE " " -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Maple Output" 0 11 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 }3 3 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 7 "Advice:" }{TEXT -1 17 " E \+ is not defined" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 32 "The base of natural logarithms, " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "e=2.718 28...``" "6#/%\"eG;$\"'G=F!\"&%!G" }{TEXT -1 58 ", is not a standard c onstant in Maple. It was denoted by " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 1 "E" }{TEXT -1 120 " up to Maple V Release 3, but this is not a predefined constant a ny more. The preferred way to refer to this number is " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "exp(1)" }{TEXT -1 58 ". If you wish, you can assign this value \+ to the variable " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 1 "E" }{TEXT -1 1 ":" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 11 "E:= exp(1);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#>%\"EG-%$expG6#\"\"\"" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 33 "But it \004 is usually better to use " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "exp(t)" }{TEXT -1 13 " rather than " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 3 "E^t" }{TEXT -1 54 " in formulas, \+ as this is easier for Maple to simplify." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 18 "In typeset output " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "exp(t)" }{TEXT -1 14 " is sh own as " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "exp(t)" "6#-%$expG6#%\"tG" }{TEXT -1 18 ". \+ Note that this " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "exp(1)" "6#-%$expG6#\"\"\"" }{TEXT -1 49 " is in a different font than the ordinary letter " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "e" "6#%\"eG" }{TEXT -1 3 ". " }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 10 "See also: " }{HYPERLNK 17 "exp" 2 "exp" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " } {HYPERLNK 17 "constant" 2 "constant" "" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 22 "Maple Advisor Database" }{TEXT 256 18 " R. Israel, 1997 " }}}}{MARK "0 4 0" 7 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 1 1 1 1 }{PAGENUMBERS 0 1 2 33 1 1 }