Formal Definition
The exponential function ex can be characterized in a variety of equivalent ways. In particular it may be defined by the following power series:
Using an alternate definition for the exponential function leads to the same result when expanded as a Taylor series.
Less commonly, ex is defined as the solution y to the equation
It is also the following limit:
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