 | John Charles Snowball - 1837 - 322 sivua
...the logarithm of the number n to the base a ; or, the logarithm of a number to a given base is that power to which the base must be raised to give the number. If a logarithmic formula be generally true, whatever value the base may be of, the logarithms of the... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 sivua
...to the BASE a ; hence the following definition : " The Logarithm of a number to a given base is that power to which the base must be raised to give the number." The logarithm of N to the base a is thus expressed, log. N. The logarithm of any number depends upon... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1858 - 530 sivua
...n, then x is called the logarithm of n to the • a; thus the logarithm of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to be equal to the number. The logarithm of и to the base a is written logди; thus logдii = x expresses... | |
 | Richard Dunkley Beasley - 1858 - 144 sivua
...expressed x = loga N. Hence we obtain the following definition. The logarithm of a number to a given base, is the index of the power to which the base must be raised in order to be equal to the given number. 53. In the equation N = a*, let a be some constant quantity... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1860 - 318 sivua
...n, then x is called the logarithm of n to the base a; thus the logarithm of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to be equal to the number. The logarithm of n to the base a is written Iogaw; thus Ioga7i = a; expresses... | |
 | Robert Fowler - 1861 - 426 sivua
...base, every number from 0 to x may be regarded as a power of that base. The " Logarithm" of a number is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to produce that number. If 4 be the base, then 4* = 16) 4i= 8J And these equalities may be written log.... | |
 | John Walmsley - 1865 - 232 sivua
...the logarithm of N to the base a. Hence the Definition. — The logarithm of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to be equal to the given number. For brevity's sake we write loga N for the words the logarithm of N to... | |
 | Alfred Challice Johnson - 1865 - 166 sivua
...the supplement of BC. CHAPTER V. On Logarithms. Def. — The logarithm of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to be equal to the number; thus, in the equation a" = N, a: is called the logarithm of N to the base a.... | |
 | Thomas Kimber - 1865 - 302 sivua
...the base 6 is thus expressed, Iog4 N=p. The logarithm of a number, therefore, may be defined to be the index of the power to which the base must be raised, that the result may be equal to that number. 190. In Briggs's tables the base chosen is 10. In this... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1866 - 618 sivua
...n, then x is called the logarithm of n to the base a; thus the logarithm of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to be eqiuil to the number. The logarithm of n to the base a is written logam; thus loga?i = x expresses... | |
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The LOGARITHM of a number to a given base is the index of the power to which the base must be raised to give the number. 
