Aren't there multiple forms of the exponential function? Specifically, isn't the most general form ka
bx ? Admittedly, the differences can be incorporated in to b thus: ke
bxln(a), but wouldn't the first form be more clear to the laymen?
You don't really need the b; the most general form is ka
x. I mention these in the "science" paragraph; they are indeed the most useful to the "laymen". However they cannot be defined without exp(x) and in mathematics, exp(x) is tremendously more important than a
x, so I started the article with exp(x) and then came to a
x as soon as possible. --AxelBoldt
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