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Yes, Google in this context is a glorified pocket calculator, and follows the convention from the slide rule era. But if you find log in a mathematics paper it
by jacobolus 4y ago
Yes, Google in this context is a glorified pocket calculator, and follows the convention from the slide rule era. But if you find log in a mathematics paper it almost surely means the natural log.
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- bmacho 4y agoPlease read back what GGP claimed, and I replied.
- jacobolus 4y agoYes, this whole thread repeatedly describes the context as “mathematics”, in which context log unambiguously means the natural log.
- bmacho 4y agoWell, both the Wolfram MathWorld and the EMS prefers log_e = ln, and log = log_10: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Logarithm.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Logarithm.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CommonLogarithm.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CommonLogarithm.html https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Logarithmic_function https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Logarithmic_function https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Logarithm_of_a_number https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Logarithm_of_a_number . Also me, and the other commenter below learned "ln" for the natural logarithm, and used "log" only for binary/decimal logarithm. I am starting to think that log = log_e is actually the minority usage, but it is certainly not universal.