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Natural bases of logarithms

Meyer Jerison

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Most Elementary Expositions of logarithms include the information that there are tables of logarithms to the base 10 and to the base e. The student who is told this finds the first bit of information perfectly understandable and the second perfectly mystifying.

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Most Elementary Expositions of logarithms include the information that there are tables of logarithms to the base 10 and to the base e. The student who is told this finds the first bit of information perfectly understandable and the second perfectly mystifying.

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Most Elementary Expositions of logarithms include the information that there are tables of logarithms to the base 10 and to the base e. The student who is told this finds the first bit of information perfectly understandable and the second perfectly mystifying.

Key concepts: Logarithm, Base (topology), Mathematics, Arithmetic, Computer science, Mathematical analysis

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