Template:Infobox mathematical constant

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{{{name}}}
{{{symbol}}}
General information
Type	{{{type}}}
Fields	{{{fields_of_application}}}
Main uses	{{{main_applications}}}
Representations
Value	{{{value}}}
Algebraic form	{{{algebraic_form}}}
Approximation	{{{approximation}}}
Continued fraction	{{{continued_fraction}}}
History
Discovered	{{{discovery_date}}}
By	{{{discovery_person}}}
First mention	{{{discovery_work}}}
Named after	{{{named_after}}}
{{{notes}}}

Blank syntax

{{Infobox mathematical constant
| name = 
| symbol = 
| type = 
| fields_of_application = 
| main_applications = 
| value = 
| algebraic_form = 
| approximation = 
| continued_fraction = 
| discovery_date = 
| discovery_person = 
| discovery_work = 
| named_after = 
| notes = 
}}

Example

The code below produces the box opposite:

Pi
π 3.14159...
General information
Type	Transcendental
Fields	Geometry calculus
History
Discovered	circa 1900 BCE

{{Infobox mathematical constant
| name = Pi
| symbol = {{pi}}
| type = [[Transcendental number|Transcendental]]
| approximation = 3.14159...<ref>{{Cite OEIS|A000796}}</ref>
| fields_of_application = {{flatlist |
* [[Geometry]]
* [[calculus]]
}}
| discovery_date = circa 1900 BCE
}}

Euler's number
e
General information
Type	Transcendental
Fields	Calculus statistics
Representations
Approximation	2.71828...
Continued fraction	[2; 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 6, 1, ..., 1, 2n, 1, ...]
History
Discovered	1685
By	Jacob Bernoulli
First mention	Quæstiones nonnullæ de usuris, cum solutione problematis de sorte alearum, propositi in Ephem. Gall. A. 1685
Named after	Leonhard Euler John Napier

{{Infobox mathematical constant
| name = Euler's number
| symbol = {{mvar|e}}
| type = [[Transcendental number|Transcendental]]
| fields_of_application = {{flatlist |
* [[Calculus]]
* [[statistics]]
}}
| approximation = 2.71828...<ref>{{Cite OEIS|A001113}}</ref>
| continued_fraction = [2; 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 6, 1, ..., 1, 2n, 1, ...]<ref>{{Cite OEIS|A003417}}</ref>
| discovery_date = 1685
| discovery_person = [[Jacob Bernoulli]]
| discovery_work = ''Quæstiones nonnullæ de usuris, cum solutione problematis de sorte alearum, propositi in Ephem. Gall. A. 1685''
| named_after = {{flatlist |
* [[Leonhard Euler]]
* [[John Napier]]
}}
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional. Separate multiple entries using {{Plainlist}}.

Parameter	Notes
name	Race name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME).
symbol	The symbol used to represent the number. Displays large in the style of {{Infobox grapheme}}.
type	The type of constant (rational, irrational, transcendental, etc.)
fields_of_application	Fields that the constant is primarily associated with. Separate multiple entries using {{Flatlist}}.
main_applications	Main uses for the constant. Separate multiple entries using {{Flatlist}}.
value	A fixed and easy to represent value for the constant, if it exists.
algebraic_form	Algebraic form for the constant.
approximation	Numerical approximation for the constant.
continued_fraction	Continued fraction for the constant.
discovery_date	Date the constant was discovered, if possible to determine.
discovery_person	Person who discovered the constant, if possible to determine. Wikilink if possible.
discovery_work	The paper or book that first described the constant, if possible to determine.
named_after	Who or what the common name of the constant is named after. Separate multiple entries using {{Flatlist}}.
notes	Notes.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox mathematical constant with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox physical constant}}

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