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I think this guy is just wrong, except maybe in saying that `log` is ambiguous and we should be using `log10` and `ln`. Incidentally he uses comma as both a tho
by Y_Y 10y ago
I think this guy is just wrong, except maybe in saying that `log` is ambiguous and we should be using `log10` and `ln`. Incidentally he uses comma as both a thousand separator and a decimal point in the article.
- ktamiola 10y agoI am afraid I am not. I wish I was, as it would save me ridiculous amount of time and work. Start reading here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_pKa_calculations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_pKa_calculations This is just the tip of the "log(x) vs ln(x)" iceberg. I have copy pasted the ln(10) straight from Apple Calc. Thanks for pointing out.
- Y_Y 10y agoI mean in your assertion that `log` must mean `log10`. I have huge sympathy for contending with inconsistent use of ambiguous notation. My pet hate is `gamma` vs. `tgamma`.
- ktamiola 10y agoI wouldn't dare to suggest that, yet that's the route that physics and all derivatives have adopted! We are essentially at the crossroad and obviously, programming, which develops nowadays a bit faster than theoretical physics or mathematics, pushes in one direction.
- Y_Y 10y agoWell my anecdatum, as a theoretical physicist, is that people very rarely write `log` or use logarithms is bases other than e.
- ktamiola 10y agoI had a one more look at the article, and you are right! I need to add an log(10) = 2.303 example