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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Mathematical table (redirect from Logarithm table)
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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E (mathematical constant) (redirect from Base of natural logarithm)
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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Metallicity (section Common methods of calculation)
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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Viscosity (section Other common substances)
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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