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ln() vs. log()
04-17-2016, 10:15 PM
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RE: ln() vs. log()
(04-17-2016 10:06 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  I have often wondered why these two functions exist. Many calculators (HP 17b, HP 65, TI 84+) have both. Some (12c) have only one (ln). Interestingly, the original Dartmouth BASIC had log() but it was really ln().

Is one more accurate than the other? Why the two standards?

Why 10^x and e^x then?

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ln() vs. log() - Don Shepherd - 04-17-2016, 10:06 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Massimo Gnerucci - 04-17-2016 10:15 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Han - 04-17-2016, 10:19 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Dave Shaffer - 04-17-2016, 11:50 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Tim Wessman - 04-18-2016, 01:37 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - StephenG1CMZ - 04-25-2016, 03:59 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Katie Wasserman - 04-18-2016, 02:48 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Han - 04-18-2016, 03:05 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - wojtek - 04-18-2016, 03:42 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Jeff_Kearns - 04-18-2016, 10:51 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Thomas Radtke - 04-18-2016, 01:14 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - jebem - 04-19-2016, 02:00 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Dieter - 04-19-2016, 09:47 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Tugdual - 04-18-2016, 01:25 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - emece67 - 04-18-2016, 02:41 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Andres - 05-13-2022, 10:38 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Csaba Tizedes - 04-18-2016, 04:38 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Joe Horn - 04-19-2016, 05:33 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - jebem - 04-19-2016, 12:48 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Csaba Tizedes - 04-20-2016, 07:33 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - emece67 - 04-20-2016, 08:45 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - emece67 - 04-20-2016, 10:23 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - JurgenRo - 04-21-2016, 07:52 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Marcus von Cube - 04-24-2016, 02:38 PM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Dieter - 04-25-2016, 06:38 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - Thomas Klemm - 05-13-2022, 11:15 AM
RE: ln() vs. log() - KeithB - 05-16-2022, 01:18 PM



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