Logarithms were in use for hundreds of years until mechanical machines were able to calculate larger numbers in the late 19th century, and eventually, computers took over the task in the 20th century.

Because logarithms relate geometric progressions to arithmetic progressions, examples are found throughout nature and art, such as the spacing of guitar frets, mineral hardness, ...

Logarithms are a common idea today, even though we don’t use them as often as we used to. After all, one of the major uses of logarithms is to simplify computations, and computers do that jus… ...

Typical algorithms used to compute logarithms are not quick and have a variable execution time depending on the input value. The technique [Ihsan] is using is both fast and has a constant run time.

IN the preface Prof. Peirce writes:—“Logarithms ought not to be comprised, as they often are, in the midst of a treatise on algebra. For, in the first place, they are not algebraic functions ...

Of course, logarithms remain central to any advanced study of mathematics. But as they are no longer a practical arithmetic tool, one can’t now assume general familiarity with them.

Logarithms celebrate their 400th birthday Four centuries ago, John Napier provided human calculators a faster way to multiply Before modern-day calculators, slide rules were used to perform ...

Interpretation of logarithms in a regression . If you do not see the menu on the left please click here. Taken from Introduction to Econometrics from Stock and Watson, 2003, p. 215:. Y=B0 + B1*ln(X) + ...