I understand that log2 is useful for informatics, e.g. to determine how many bits I need to represent a given number. I understand that log10 is useful to determine the order of magnitude of numbers.
However, I’m having trouble understanding what makes ln interesting. It seems like it’s used a lot, but to me it just looks like a logarithm with a very weird base. What are the uses for this logarithm?
I highly recommend checking out these articles from Better Explained. It’s what made it finally click for me.
Thanks. I have tried following the first article, but I didn’t really get the point of the talk about “perfect compound growth”. Maybe I’ll try reading the article in smaller pieces over a view days, so that I can internalize each step of the explanation.
Didn’t think I’d stay up late reading about math, but here we are.