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{{Generic template demo |name |symbol |type |fields_of_application |main_applications |value |algebraic_form |approximation |continued_fraction |discovery_date |discovery_person |discovery_work |named_after |notes }}

== Blank syntax ==
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{{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 = 
}}
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== Example ==

The code below produces the box opposite:

{{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
}}
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{{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
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

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{{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]]
}}
}}
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{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]]
}}
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

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== Parameters ==
All parameters are optional. Separate multiple entries using {{tl|Plainlist}}.

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

== Tracking category ==
* {{clc|Pages using infobox mathematical constant with unknown parameters}}

== See also ==
* {{tlx|Infobox physical constant}}
{{Math templates|BTN}}