 The logarithm of any number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised in order to equal the given number.  Complete School Algebra - Page 476by Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - 1919 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1918 - 296 pages
...logarithms this is written log,,и = Z, (2) and it is read "the logarithm of 'и to the base b equals Z." We can define verbally in one statement both logarithm...to which another number, called the base, must be rawed in order to equal the given number. It is important to realize that equations (1) and (2) are... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall - 1918 - 382 pages
...LOGARITHMS. 425. DEFINITION. The logarithm of any number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised in order to equal the given number. Thus if a* = N, ж is called the logarithm of N to the base a. EXAMPLES. (1) Since 3* = 81, the logarithm... | |
 | Samuel Edward Dibble - Plumbing - 1922 - 648 pages
...follows. Definition. — The logarithm of a given number is the exponent of the power to which a fixed number, called the base, must be raised in order to equal the given number. The common base ten (10) will be used. Thus, since 103 = 1,000, the logarithm of 1,000 is 3. Characteristic.... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Surveying - 1955 - 484 pages
...will probably need a brief review. REVIEW OF LOGARITHMS A logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which another number called the base must be raised to equal the given number. For example, since 53 = 125, you may write logs 125 = 3. These two relationships... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Mechanical drawing - 1956 - 604 pages
...the man who must work with large numbers. The logarithm of a given number is the exponent indicating the power to which another number called the base must be raised to produce the given number. Logarithms are useful because, like other exponents, they are added in... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1992 - 270 pages
...extraction of roots is done by simple division. 113. Definition The logarithm of a given number is the power to which another number (called the base) must be raised to equal the given number. The word "logarithm" has the same meaning as the word "exponent." Example:... | |
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