Category

Logarithms

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right|thumb|upright=1.35|Plots of logarithm functions, with three commonly used bases. The special points are indicated by dotted lines, and all curves intersect in .

natural logarithm

logarithm to the base of the mathematical constant e

mechanical analog computer

prime number theorem

theorem in number theory

logarithmic spiral

self-similar growth spiral whose curvature pattern appears frequently in nature

common logarithm

the logarithm with base 10, formerly widely used for calculations

binary logarithm

mathematical function

discrete logarithm

problem of inverting exponentiation in finite groups

list of logarithmic identities

compilation of logarithm related identities

Grégoire de Saint-Vincent

Jesuit, mathematician

complex logarithm

logarithm of a complex number

iterated logarithm

the inverse function to a tower of powers

thumbnail|upright=1.3|Plot of logit(x) in the domain of 0 to 1, where the base of the logarithm is e.

logarithmic mean

Mercator series

expansion of the logarithm

logarithm of a matrix

mathematical operation on invertible matrices

logarithmic distribution

discrete probability distribution

logarithmic differentiation

method of differentiation often used when it is easier to differentiate the logarithm of a function rather than the function itself

Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa

Jesuit mathematician

hyperbolic sector

type of region of the Cartesian plane

natural logarithm of 2

transcendental number

Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms

probabilistic algorithm that computes discrete logarithms

logarithmic decrement

measure for the damping of an oscillator

history of logarithms

aspect of history

logarithmic growth

growth at a rate that is a logarithmic function

Napierian logarithm

mathematical function

Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio

math book by John Napier

list of representations of e

Wikimedia list article

Pollard's kangaroo algorithm

algorithm for computing the discrete logarithm