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BORDERHACKS 2020 — SOLO

Exponent Base e Calculator

Numerical methods meets hackathon: computing e^x to any required number of correct significant digits.

PythonNumerical Methods
SCREENSHOT: calculator (add when available)

## Problem

Floating-point answers are easy; answers with a guaranteed number of correct significant digits require real numerical analysis.

## Solution

A Python calculator that computes e raised to any exponent with the precision you specify, grounded in approximate-error and error-tolerance mathematics.

## Features

  • User-specified significant-digit precision
  • Error tolerance computation

## Tech Stack

Python

## Challenges

  • Minimal — a clean, focused solo build

## Lessons Learned

  • Computing approximate error and error tolerance in practice