A sweet little poll about the WP 31S layout

[walter b]

(04-20-2014 05:24 PM)htom trites Wrote:  Depending on when and where and disciple you learned logarithms, the standard and computer program and language you usually use, and the publication's standards and editor's preferences, you will "naturally" have different meanings in your mind for log, ln, lg, lb.

lb -- seems to be used only for log 2

I concur.

Quote:lg -- means log (base indeterminate unless specified), or log 10, or log e

Never seen that being used for log_e nor for an indeterminate log.

Quote:ln -- means log (base indeterminate unless specified), or log e, or log 10

Only used for log_e according to my experience.

Quote:log -- means log (base indeterminate unless specified), or log 10, or log e

Never seen that being used for log_e.

Quote:Lne and Lg10 might be the least confusion propagating ...

I guess I see what you wanted to tell and agree on ln and lg.

Quote:LOGx (y) or other variations ... please don't do that, as tempting as it is as the shift of x^y.

We already did - on the WP 34S. Please see g-shifted 9 (LOG_x ) reverting y^x.

d:-)