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Getting e from Randomness

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trials
1000
seed random
In a running average, the sum of
n
trials is divided by
n
. If you select
k
real numbers between 0 and 1 until the total exceeds 1, the running average of
k
approaches
e≈2.71828…
, shown here as a solid purple line.
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