[Ihsan Kehribar] points out a clever trick you can use to quickly and efficiently compute the logarithm of a 32-bit integer. The technique relies on the CLZ instruction which counts the number of ...

A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and various types of complex computers were invented it was difficult for scientists and ...

MR. JACKSON is an experienced editor and computer of logarithmic tables, having already published “Accented Five-Figure Logarithms,” “Pocket Logarithms and other Tables,” &c. Different calculations ...

Learn how to graph logarithmic functions. The logarithmic function is the inverse of the exponential function. To graph a logarithmic function, it is usually very useful to make the table of values of ...

THE general procedure in determining numerical values in a scientific investigation is as follows. From a few observations we first compute the approximate values of certain constants, using for this ...

This is Norman Albree's pilot model for a two-sided circular logarithmic chart. The side labeled A has a double logarithmic scale arranged in a spiral of seven turns. Its outer edge is marked from 1 ...

What a difference a century makes. In 1914 the most prominent historians of mathematics gathered to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of a great historical figure. Now, in 2014, barely a ...