Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem ere

Description: Euler's constant _e = 2.71828... is a real number. (Contributed by NM, 19-Mar-2005) (Revised by Steve Rodriguez, 8-Mar-2006)

Ref Expression
Assertion ere ⊢ e ∈ ℝ

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 df-e ⊢ e = e 1
2 1re ⊢ 1 ∈ ℝ
3 reefcl ⊢ 1 ∈ ℝ → e 1 ∈ ℝ
4 2 3 ax-mp ⊢ e 1 ∈ ℝ
5 1 4 eqeltri ⊢ e ∈ ℝ