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Created June 22, 2017 19:21
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A Python3 script to approximate the value of the mathematical constant e
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approximate_e.py
#!/usr/bin/python3
from math import factorial
accuracy = input("Accuracy (integer value >0):")
e = 0
for i in range(int(accuracy)):
e = e + 1/factorial(i)
print(e)
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