In mathematics, the logarithm is the inverse function to exponentiation. That means that the logarithm of a number x to the base b is the exponent to which...
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The natural logarithm of a number is its logarithm to the base of the mathematical constant e, which is an irrational and transcendental number approximately...
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mathematics, the common logarithm is the logarithm with base 10. It is also known as the decadic logarithm and as the decimal logarithm, named after its base...
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In mathematics, a complex logarithm is a generalization of the natural logarithm to nonzero complex numbers. The term refers to one of the following, which...
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E (mathematical constant) (redirect from Base of natural logarithm)
that can be characterized in many ways. It is the base of the natural logarithm function. It is the limit of ( 1 + 1 / n ) n {\displaystyle (1+1/n)^{n}}...
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iterated logarithm of n {\displaystyle n} , written log* n {\displaystyle n} (usually read "log star"), is the number of times the logarithm function...
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The term Napierian logarithm or Naperian logarithm, named after John Napier, is often used to mean the natural logarithm. Napier did not introduce this...
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binary logarithm of 1 is 0, the binary logarithm of 2 is 1, the binary logarithm of 4 is 2, and the binary logarithm of 32 is 5. The binary logarithm is the...
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The history of logarithms is the story of a correspondence (in modern terms, a group isomorphism) between multiplication on the positive real numbers and...
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logarithm logb a is a number x such that bx = a. Analogously, in any group G, powers bk can be defined for all integers k, and the discrete logarithm...
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The term integral logarithm may stand for: Discrete logarithm in algebra, Logarithmic integral function in calculus. This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Exponential function (redirect from Base e anti-logarithm)
for the natural logarithm of x. In pure mathematics, the notation log x generally refers to the natural logarithm of x or a logarithm in general if the...
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Exponentiation (redirect from Base 2 anti-logarithm)
exponents, below), or in terms of the logarithm of the base and the exponential function (§ Powers via logarithms, below). The result is always a positive...
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In mathematics, a logarithm of a matrix is another matrix such that the matrix exponential of the latter matrix equals the original matrix. It is thus...
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Mathematical table (redirect from Logarithm table)
in order to simplify and drastically speed up computation. Tables of logarithms and trigonometric functions were common in math and science textbooks...
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the super-logarithm is one of the two inverse functions of tetration. Just as exponentiation has two inverse functions, roots and logarithms, tetration...
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Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (redirect from Description of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms)
Wonderful Canon of Logarithms, 1614) and Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio (Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms, 1619) are two books...
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{\displaystyle e^{ix}=\cos x+i\sin x,} where e is the base of the natural logarithm, i is the imaginary unit, and cos and sin are the trigonometric functions...
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Elliptic-curve cryptography (redirect from Elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem)
elliptic-curve-based protocols, the base assumption is that finding the discrete logarithm of a random elliptic curve element with respect to a publicly known base...
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Zech logarithms are used to implement addition in finite fields when elements are represented as powers of a generator α {\displaystyle \alpha } . Zech...
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List of logarithmic identities (redirect from Logarithm/Identities)
gets us the second property. Logarithms and exponentials with the same base cancel each other. This is true because logarithms and exponentials are inverse...
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Logarithmic derivative (redirect from Derivative of the logarithm)
values in the positive reals. For example, since the logarithm of a product is the sum of the logarithms of the factors, we have ( log u v ) ′ = ( log ...
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approximation of the logarithm of a value relative to some contextually understood reference value, usually 10, interpreted as the base of the logarithm and the representative...
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Lambert W function (redirect from Product logarithm)
mathematics, the Lambert W function, also called the omega function or product logarithm, is a multivalued function, namely the branches of the converse relation...
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subtraction logarithms or Gaussian logarithms can be utilized to find the logarithms of the sum and difference of a pair of values whose logarithms are known...
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Binary logarithm Bode plot Henry Briggs Bygrave slide rule Cologarithm Common logarithm Complex logarithm Discrete logarithm Discrete logarithm records...
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The Irish logarithm was a system of number manipulation invented by Percy Ludgate for machine multiplication. The system used a combination of mechanical...
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_{b}f(n)=\log _{b}\prod _{n=s}^{t}f(n)\quad } (the logarithm of a product is the sum of the logarithms of the factors) C ∑ n = s t f ( n ) = ∏ n = s t C...
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iterated logarithm describes the magnitude of the fluctuations of a random walk. The original statement of the law of the iterated logarithm is due to...
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The decimal value of the natural logarithm of 2 (sequence A002162 in the OEIS) is approximately ln 2 ≈ 0.693 147 180 559 945 309 417 232 121 458. {\displaystyle...
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