(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 …

May 7, 2015 · How do I square a logarithm? Ask Question Asked 10 years, 5 months ago Modified 2 years, 3 months ago

Nov 29, 2013 · 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?

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...

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, …

Jun 28, 2017 · 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 …

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 …

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 …

Nov 16, 2012 · 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 want to plot …

Apr 13, 2017 · In this post, the poster suspected that the $\\log$ function would eventually flatten out and approach a straight line. We all know this isn't true of course. But then a commenter …