Re: Re: Log[x]//TraditionalForm
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- Subject: [mg96428] Re: [mg96282] Re: Log[x]//TraditionalForm
- From: "Louis A. Talman" <talmanl at mscd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:44:51 -0500 (EST)
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It never fails to amaze me how dogmatic some people can be about the conventions of notation. Or how hard it is for some people to notice a tongue planted firmly in a cheek. On Feb 11, 2009, at 3:16 AM, slawek wrote: > U=BFytkownik "Lou Talman" <talmanl at mscd.edu> napisa=B3 w wiadomo=B6ci > news:gmrm45$9m4$1 at smc.vnet.net... >> The notational distinction between "ln" and "log" makes sense for >> engineers who must use both natural logarithms and common >> logarithms. But in advanced mathematics there is only one logarithm. > > > False. The ln/log/alog was introduced when base ten logarithms was > applied > to calculation like: --Lou Talman Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Metropolitan State College of Denver <http://clem.mscd.edu/%7Etalmanl>
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