logarithm
noun
log·a·rithm
ˈlȯ-gə-ˌri-t͟həm 
ˈlä-
: the exponent that indicates the power to which a base number is raised to produce a given number
the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2
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Given a set of possible characters in a message, Shannon’s formula defines the uncertainty about which character will appear next as the sum of the probability of each character appearing multiplied by the logarithm of that probability.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
This relationship can be seen most visually by taking the logarithm of both sides.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Babbage had built a prototype for an earlier device called the difference engine (currently on display at the Museum of Science in London), which could mechanically calculate a preset suite of operations such as certain logarithms and trigonometric functions.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 June 2024
During the trip Jack calculated for his father a table of logarithms, and as a reward, on the last day of the successful tests, John Scott decided his son should have a dive.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
This relationship can be seen most visually by taking the logarithm of both sides.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Babbage had built a prototype for an earlier device called the difference engine (currently on display at the Museum of Science in London), which could mechanically calculate a preset suite of operations such as certain logarithms and trigonometric functions.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 June 2024
During the trip Jack calculated for his father a table of logarithms, and as a reward, on the last day of the successful tests, John Scott decided his son should have a dive.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
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logarithm
noun
log·a·rithm
ˈlȯg-ə-ˌrit͟h-əm
ˈläg-
: the exponent that indicates the power to which a base number is raised to produce a given number
the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2
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