GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 316679
Program uses and reports incorrect value of e
Last modified: 2005-09-19 14:32:36 UTC
Please describe the problem: In scientific view, the e^(x) function does not work as expected, since it is actually a 14^(x) function. e^(1) returns a value of 14. This is, of course, in base-10 mode; in hexadecimal mode, e^(1) returns a value of E. Steps to reproduce: 1. Switch to scientific view 2. Enter the expression e^(1). 3. Hit enter, or alternatively, the '=' button. Actual results: The value 14 is returned. Expected results: I would expect e^(1) not to equal 14; in fact, I would expect it to be about 2.718. Google proposes that e is approximately 2.71828183, which clearly !=14. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: It is very hard to compute correct values of 100(e^(x)-1) when using a value of 14 for e.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 172150 ***