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This is a floating point value (and, thus, accurate to 16 decimal places (15 places after the decimal point, in this example)).
The unary power verb ^ uses Euler's number as the base, hence
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NB. approximation to e as a rational number
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NB. 31 places shown with 20 terms
2.718281828459045234928752728335
NB. 40 terms
2.718281828459045235360287471353
NB. 50 terms,
2.718281828459045235360287471353
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