(e) arises naturally in growth processes: continuous compounding ( (1+\frac{1}{n})^n ) approaches (e) as (n\to\infty). It’s the reason (d/dx(e^x) = e^x), making it central to calculus.
🤯 "The base of natural logs is e ≈ 2.718 — the math constant that never bothered being intuitive."