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    the common logarithm (aka "standard logarithm") is the logarithm with base 10. It is also known as the decadic logarithm, the decimal logarithm and the...
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    log x. The logarithm base 10 is called the decimal or common logarithm and is commonly used in science and engineering. The natural logarithm has the number e...
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    common (base 10) logarithms, which were easier to use. Tables of logarithms were published in many forms over four centuries. The idea of logarithms was...
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    simplify and drastically speed up computation. Tables of logarithms and trigonometric functions were common in math and science textbooks, and specialized tables...
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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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    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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  • Binary logarithm Bode plot Henry Briggs Bygrave slide rule Cologarithm Common logarithm Complex logarithm Discrete logarithm Discrete logarithm records...
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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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    logarithm of 2 in other bases is obtained with the formula log b ⁡ 2 = ln ⁡ 2 ln ⁡ b . {\displaystyle \log _{b}2={\frac {\ln 2}{\ln b}}.} The common logarithm...
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  • similarly simple transformation can be used if the common logarithm should be exchanged by the natural logarithm. It is sufficient to multiply the A and B parameters...
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    "absorbance" or "decadic absorbance" is used instead of optical depth: the common logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material...
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  • mechanisms. What these uses of the term tend to have in common is that they refer to a logarithm of the ratio of a quantity of light incident on a sample...
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  • of a number can be defined in terms of the common logarithm, usually as the integer part of the logarithm, obtained by truncation.[contradictory] For...
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  • be ambiguous where logarithms are involved, because it is also the traditional name of the fractional part of the common logarithm. If the number is negative...
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  • changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour. The...
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    constant approximately equal to 2.71828 that is the base of the natural logarithm and exponential function. It is sometimes called Euler's number, after...
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  • by definition. Absorbance Absorbance or decadic absorbance is the common logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material...
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    approximate a common logarithm (to at least one decimal point accuracy), a few logarithm rules, and the memorization of a few logarithms is required. One...
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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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  • expressing the ratio of any two powers is therefore ten times the common logarithm of that ratio. This method of designating the gain or loss of power...
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  • functions. Logarithms: the inverses of exponential functions; useful to solve equations involving exponentials. Natural logarithm Common logarithm Binary...
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  • In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (GCD), also known as greatest common factor (GCF), of two or more integers, which are not all zero, is the...
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    units include the nat, based on the natural logarithm, and the hartley, based on the base 10 or common logarithm. In what follows, an expression of the form...
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  • ring, the smallest common cycle length of the ring's addition operation Characteristic (logarithm), integer part of a common logarithm Characteristic function...
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  • i.e., defined with respect to the transmission via common logarithm (log10) or a natural logarithm (ln). The molar absorption coefficient is usually decadic...
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    see metallicities in HII regions below). The abundance ratio is the common logarithm of the ratio of a star's iron abundance compared to that of the Sun...
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  • earthquakes, it is essential to understand the Richter scale uses common logarithms simply to make the measurements manageable (i.e., a magnitude 3 quake...
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  • misleading, since the mantissa of a logarithm is always its fractional part. Although the other names mentioned are common, significand is the word used by...
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    the dynamic viscosity (sometimes also called the absolute viscosity) is common among mechanical and chemical engineers, as well as mathematicians and physicists...
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