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Topic: Log[x]//TraditionalForm
Replies: 29   Last Post: Feb 16, 2009 4:39 PM

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talmanl@mscd.edu

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Re: Log[]//TraditionalForm
Posted: Feb 13, 2009 3:44 AM
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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@mscd.edu> napisa=B3 w wiadomo=B6ci
> news:gmrm45$9m4$1@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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