Highlights of Calculus - The Exponential Function

Professor Strang explains how the "magic number e" connects to ordinary things like the interest on a bank account. The graph of y = e^x has the special property that its slope equals its height (it goes up "exponentially fast"!). This is the great function of calculus. View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/highlights-of-calculus Chapters 00:00 Outline 00:24 The Exponential Function: y = e^x, The function that calculus created 01:15 Properties of the Exponential Function 27:20 The Graph of the Function y = e^x 30:00 Example: Computing Compound Interest License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu Subtitles are provided through the generous assistance of Jimmy Ren.