What's so special about Euler's number e? | Chapter 5, Essence of calculus

What is e? And why are exponentials proportional to their own derivatives? An equally valuable form of support is to simply share some of the videos.

Intermediate - 14 min - AI & Data - 3Blue1Brown

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What you'll need

• Laptop stand: Screen at eye level for long study sessions.
• Noise-cancelling headphones: Focus through long video lessons.
• Second monitor: Video on one screen, practice on the other.
• Wireless keyboard and mouse: Comfortable for hours of typing.

Books

1. Mathematics for Machine Learning by Marc Peter Deisenroth - View on Amazon
2. Naked Statistics by Charles J. Wheelan - View on Amazon
3. Practical Statistics for Data Scientists by Peter Bruce - View on Amazon
4. The Art of Statistics by David Spiegelhalter - View on Amazon
5. The Elements of Statistical Learning by Trevor Hastie - View on Amazon

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