A logarithm is a mathematical operation that determines how many times a certain number, called the base, is multiplied by itself to reach another number. Because logarithms relate geometric ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information This journal, begun in 1943 as Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, publishes original articles on all aspects of ...

NO practical man ever saw the least difficulty either in the idea of logarithms to a given base or in the use of common logarithms in arithmetical work. But if the practical man becomes inquisitive as ...