ETIMOLOGIA DELLA PAROLA LOGARITHM
From New Latin logarithmus, coined 1614 by John Napier, from Greek logos ratio, reckoning + arithmos number.
10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «LOGARITHM»
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John Napier:
Logarithm John
He is the father of the slide-rule and the grandfather of today's calculators. Despite his achievements, he remains curiously uncelebrated, and this absorbing story of his life aims to give John Napier his true status.
Lynne Gladstone-Millar,
2003
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Mathematical Tables;: Containing the Common, Hyperbolic, and ...
And hence, multiplying this logarithm of ICO successively by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7,
there arise the logarithms to the numbers in the decuple proportion, as in the
margin. Also if the logarithm of duplication, or of the proportion of 2 to 1, be taken
from ...
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Pre-Calculus For Dummies
Chapter 5: Powering Up with Exponential and Logarithmic Functions A logarithm
is an exponent, plain and simple. Recall, for example, that 42 = 16; 4 is called the
base and 2 is called the exponent. The logarithm is log416 = 2, where 2 is ...
Krystle Rose Forseth, Christopher Burger, Michelle Rose Gilman,
2008
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The
Logarithm as a Direct Function
THE LOGARITHM AS A DIRECT FUNCTION By J. W. Bradshaw WITH AN
INTRODUCTION BY W. F. Osgood The student of mathematics and physics
meets logarithms for the first time at an early stage. He is told that " the logarithm
of a ...
John William Bradshaw,
1903
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ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing ...
Sincesis in the range 0 ≤ s < 32, we will actually find a Q26 representation q of
the logarithm so that q = s226. We can easily calculate the integer part of s using
CLZ or the alternatives of Section 7.2. This reduces us to a number in the range 1
...
Andrew Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright,
2004
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Scriptores Logarithmici: Or, a Collection of Several Curious ...
And becaufe 1, 10, 100, 1000, are continued proportionals, therefore the
proportion of 1000 to 1 is triple of the proportion of 1000 to 100, and coniequcntly
4 of the logarithm of 1 is to be put for the logarithm of 100, viz. 23,025.85141, and
this is ...
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Modelling in Geography: A Mathematical Approach
To understand the significance of logarithmic functions it is useful to have a grasp
of what a logarithm is. Though it may at first seem unintelligible to the non-
mathematician, a formal definition of a logarithm is a helpful starting point : the ...
Reginald William Thomas, Richard J. Huggett,
1980
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Mathematical Tables for Practical Men
regarding the decimal point; this in the last example was found to be .930884 ;
to1 this prefixing the index 1, corresponding to the whole or integral part 85, we
obtain 1.930884, the logarithm oi'85. 28/4. To find the Logarithm of a Decimal ...
That is, 12 2 = 144, and 2 is said to be the logarithm of 144 to the base 12. The
base commonly used is 10, and the logarithm of any number to this base is equal
to the exponent of the power to which 10 must be raised in order that the result ...
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The Practical Navigator, and Seaman's New Daily Assistant: ...
Required the Logarithm of 57,5? opposite to 5751s 2,75967, calling the Index 1 it
will be 1.75967, the Logarithm of 57,5. Having the Logarithm, the Number is
found by the inverse of the above, as for Example : Required the Number
answering ...
John Hamilton Moore,
1791
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iSperm lets your iPad analyze your swimmers at home - CNET
A customized app contains a logarithm that analyzes the sperm count and motility (how well the swimmers move). It's also possible to record ... «CNET, lug 15»
iSperm lets your iPad analyze your swimmers at home
A customized app contains a logarithm that analyzes the sperm count and motility (how well the swimmers move). It's also possible to record ... «CNET, lug 15»
History shows the Australian sharemarket is undervalued
He says the equity prices are computed on a natural logarithm scale and fitted using linear regression. "This regression suggests a long-term ... «The Australian Financial Review, lug 15»
Surgical outcomes of 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy for diabetic …
Mean BCVA improved from logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution 1.59 (20/800, SD 0.88) to 0.68 postoperatively (20/100, 0.77), ... «Nature.com, lug 15»
A robust multiple-locus method for quantitative trait locus analysis of …
Examples are logarithm, Box-Cox, arcsine (for proportion data) and rank-based transformations. However, it is generally unclear which ... «Nature.com, lug 15»
Understanding exponential growth
If a quantity grows exponentially, its logarithm grows linearly. Hence, if we plot the quantity with a logarithmic Y-axis, we should see a straight ... «Livemint, lug 15»
Are new homes special?
... to their transaction prices through a regression of sales price (or more often, its logarithm) on the vector of observable housing characteristics. «Brookings Institution, lug 15»
Tree diversity and species identity effects on soil fungi, protists and …
Concentrations of soil nutrients and vegetation measurements were logarithm-transformed prior to analyses to improve the distribution of ... «Nature.com, lug 15»
The Characterization of Ultra-Thin Layers of Silicon Oxide and …
... of surface sensitive angles, separating this by the intensity in a small range of massive sensitive angles and acquiring the natural logarithm. «Azom.com, lug 15»
Google releases 'Ivy' app for iOS, an experimental big number …
The minimalistic UI offers users arbitrary floating point formatting, big number logarithm, trigonometric functions, and exact ration arithmetic, ... «9 to 5 Google, lug 15»