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Multiplication by the reciprocal isn't the interesting part. Computing the reciprocal using a convergent series is. (Which is not a process that is useful or ev
by colanderman 3y ago
Multiplication by the reciprocal isn't the interesting part. Computing the reciprocal using a convergent series is. (Which is not a process that is useful or even feasible on a slide rule, owing to the addition steps required, and the fact that slide rules can trivially perform division as you point out.)
- aristus 3y agoAh, I see what you mean. Still, though, how is this that different from a slide rule + log table? e is the limit of a convergent series too.
- colanderman 3y agoNo log table lookups are required for this algorithm.