| Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...have, • «d' = \/m ; whence, by the definition, ~ .... (9.) That is, the logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. TABLE OB LOGARITHMS. 9. A TABLE OF LOGARITHMS, is a table containing a set of numbers and their logarithms,... | |
| Aaron Schuyler - Measurement - 1864 - 506 pages
...power of .9. Ans. .59047. EVOLUTION BY LOGARITHMS. 25. Proposition. The logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. Let (1) b- = n; then, by def., log n = x. lX(l) = (2) b'r —1/n; then, by def., log 1</~^, = — .... | |
| Charles Elsee - 1873 - 320 pages
...above proof be considered fractional ( = - J, we have also ^ = 7 1ов.». ic the logarithm of a root is equal to the logarithm of the number, divided by the index of the root. 161.— PROP. Logawi = Log,,™ x Logai. For let logb m = y, and log„ Ь = z, then m = Ъ", Ь =... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...whence, by the definition, * = log 'Jm. ' • • • ( 9.) That is, the logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. The preceding principles enable us to abbreviate the oper ations of multiplication and division, by... | |
| Mechanical engineering - 1874 - 1186 pages
...have log. y* (or log. */ y) = — log. y ; that is to say, the logarithm of any root of a number ia equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. From these two last results it is obvious that by means of a table of logarithms numbers may be raised... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1875 - 430 pages
...m. By involution, m' = a" ; therefore, log. (mr) =rx = r log. m. 6. The logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. For, let m = a' ; then x — log. m. • By evolution, A/m = a' ; ,, , r,— x log. m therefore, log.... | |
| William Guy Peck - Algebra - 1875 - 348 pages
...definition, ^ = Log tfm .... (8) hence, the following principle: 4°. Tlie logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. The applications of the above principles require a table of logarithms. A table of logarithms, is a... | |
| Aaron Schuyler - Measurement - 1875 - 284 pages
...power of .9. Am. .59047. I EVOLUTION BY LOGARITHMS. f 25. Proposition. The logarithm of any root of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. Let (1) b' = n; then, by def., log n = x. V(l) = (2) br =\/n; then, by def., log Vх n = — • r.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Trigonometry - 1876 - 204 pages
...have Mm = (a")m = a"" . Therefore, log (M m) = xm = (log M) X »»12. The logarithm of the ROOT of any number is equal to the logarithm of the number divided by the index of the root. For, let n be any number, and take the equation (Art. 9) M=a*, then, extracting the nth root of both... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 322 pages
...members to the power p, we have ax" = mP, in which xp = logn m p. 361. The logarithm of the root of any number is equal to the logarithm of the number, divided by the index of the root. For, assume the equation, ax = m, and extracting the rth root of both members, we have, a'= $ m, in... | |
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