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Re: st: Graphing of Exponential Growth and Decay
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Phil Clayton <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Graphing of Exponential Growth and Decay
Date
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:52:19 +1000
Something like this?
Phil
clear
set obs 300
gen n=_n
gen y=(1+1/n)^n
line y n, yline(`=exp(1)', lstyle(refline)) ///
ytitle("(1+1/n){sup:n}", orient(horiz)) ///
ylab(`=exp(1)' "e", add angle(horiz))
On 23/08/2012, at 5:39 PM, Lisa Wang wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to show my class (1+1/n)^n will converge to e as n
> approaches infinity. I would like to demonstrate this in Stata through
> some graph(s). Is this possible since I believe Stata is more for
> statistical analyses instead.
>
> Many thanks and regards,
> Lisa
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