- the
logarithm of a
number is the
exponent by
which another fixed value, the base, must be
raised to
produce that number. For example, the
logarithm of...
- 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 Briggsian...
- 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...
-
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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given real
numbers a {\displaystyle a} and b {\displaystyle b} , the
logarithm l o g b ( a ) {\displaystyle log_{b}(a)} is a
number x {\displaystyle...
- 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...
- 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...
- Zech
logarithms are used to
implement addition in
finite fields when
elements are
represented as
powers of a
generator α {\displaystyle \alpha } . Zech...
-
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...
- The
history of
logarithms is the
story of a
correspondence (in
modern terms, a
group isomorphism)
between multiplication on the
positive real
numbers and...
