
How do I square a logarithm? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 7, 2015 · Is the logarithm function injective (one-to-one)? 2. How to solve this logarithm equation. 0.
What algorithm is used by computers to calculate logarithms?
I would like to know how logarithms are calculated by computers. The GNU C library, for example, uses a call to the fyl2x() assembler instruction, which means that logarithms are calculated …
What is the point of logarithms? How are they used?
Logarithms are a convenient way to express large numbers. (The base-10 logarithm of a number is roughly the number of digits in that number, for example.) Slide rules work because adding …
How is $\\ln$ pronounced by English speakers?
Jun 28, 2017 · It is unfortunate that secondary-school algebra textbooks teach students that "log" with no subscript always means the base-$10$ logarithm. Since the natural logarithm is indeed …
education - In which branch of mathematics does "logarithm" …
should I classify logarithm into arithmetic or algebra? Here is the definition of arithmetic by Oxford dictionary: the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of …
logarithms - Approximating Logs and Antilogs by hand
Now, all of these need an unbelievable amount of time to build a table of logarithms, even if you want only logs of numbers from $100$ to $1000$ to four decimals. And there is no simple way …
What is discrete logarithm? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Dec 11, 2021 · Okay, now this is where the discrete comes in: the discrete Logarithm is essentially just the Logarithm over a finite group. I'll explain what that means below; A group in …
Law of Iterated Logarithms - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 7, 2015 · I know the Law of Iterated Logarithms states the following almost surely: $$\limsup_{t\to\infty} \frac{B(t)}{\sqrt{2t\log\log t}} = 1 $$ I was wondering if there are similar ones.
Calculate logarithms by hand - Mathematics Stack Exchange
I'm thinking of making a table of logarithms ranging from 100-999 with 5 significant digits. By pen and paper that is. I'm doing this old school. What first came to mind was to use $\\log(ab) = \\lo...
numerical methods - An alternative way to calculate $\log(x ...
Jun 7, 2015 · Logarithm maps numbers from 10 to 100 in the range 1 to 2 so log of numbers near 50 is about 1.5. But this is only a linear approximation, good for mental calculation and toy …