
What is the point of logarithms? How are they used?
(The base-10 logarithm of a number is roughly the number of digits in that number, for example.) Slide rules work because adding and subtracting logarithms is equivalent to multiplication and …
How do I square a logarithm? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
2015年5月7日 · How do I square a logarithm? Ask Question Asked 10 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 2 months ago
logarithms - Is there an approximation to the natural log function …
Another popular method for computing logarithms was to compute the exponential function (inverse of the desired logarithm function) of an initial guess. Exponential function is a rapidly …
Units of a log of a physical quantity - Mathematics Stack Exchange
2012年11月16日 · What happens to the units of a physical quantity after I take its (natural) logarithm. Suppose I am working with some measured data and the units are Volts. Then I …
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 …
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...
Taylor Series for $\log (x)$ - Mathematics Stack Exchange
2013年11月29日 · Does anyone know a closed form expression for the Taylor series of the function $f (x) = \log (x)$ where $\log (x)$ denotes the natural logarithm function?
Is there a term for the process of "taking a logarithm"?
2 "Logarithming" sounds like some sort of bad competition where you carve wooden logs or something, but everyone somewhat mathematically inclined would most likely understand that …
How is $\\ln$ pronounced by English speakers?
2017年6月28日 · Here I was exposed to so many variations: Saying the two letters l n Saying "log"/"logarithm" Saying "natural log" Saying "log e" All of the above were native-English …
education - In which branch of mathematics does "logarithm" …
In lower level mathematics, I normally take algebra to mean the study of relationships between functions and equations, and arithmetic to mean the study of the operations, such as addition, …