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01-12-2019, 10:49 PM
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(01-12-2019 09:09 PM)cdmackay Wrote:  I had cause to work out log₂ of a number today, and was vaguely surprised that I couldn't find it on my calculators, not even as a function, let alone on a key. Nor the more general logₓy.

The HP-71B has several log functions (some in the mainframe and some in various ROMs), including LOG2(X) which admittedly is very handy for all sort of programming tasks.

I also think that the HP-75 had a general Log to any base, not sure if in the mainframa or perhaps in some ROM or other.

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logₓy - cdmackay - 01-12-2019, 09:09 PM
RE: logₓy - pier4r - 01-12-2019, 09:12 PM
RE: logₓy - Jeff_Kearns - 01-15-2019, 08:15 PM
RE: logₓy - cdmackay - 01-12-2019, 09:45 PM
RE: logₓy - Benjer - 01-12-2019, 10:42 PM
RE: logₓy - Valentin Albillo - 01-12-2019 10:49 PM
RE: logₓy - cdmackay - 01-13-2019, 12:01 AM
RE: logₓy - rprosperi - 01-13-2019, 01:29 AM
RE: logₓy - Valentin Albillo - 01-13-2019, 02:13 AM
RE: logₓy - Gerson W. Barbosa - 01-13-2019, 12:40 AM
RE: logₓy - cdmackay - 01-13-2019, 03:19 AM
RE: logₓy - Dieter - 01-13-2019, 08:47 AM
RE: logₓy - pier4r - 01-13-2019, 09:11 AM
RE: logₓy - grsbanks - 01-13-2019, 09:49 AM
RE: logₓy - StephenG1CMZ - 01-13-2019, 09:58 AM
RE:logᵧx - Thomas Klemm - 01-13-2019, 10:28 AM
RE: logₓy - Paul Dale - 01-13-2019, 11:07 AM
RE: logₓy - Dieter - 01-13-2019, 12:56 PM
RE: logₓy - Ángel Martin - 01-14-2019, 03:57 PM
RE: logₓy - cdmackay - 01-13-2019, 07:40 PM
RE: logₓy - cdmackay - 01-15-2019, 06:07 PM



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