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I hear logarithms mentioned quite a lot in the programming context. They seem to be the solution to many problems and yet I can't seem to find a real-world way of making use of them. I've read the Wikipedia entry and that, quite frankly, leaves me none...
Started by Charles Roper on
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Say years
Logarithms in programming....
Does not have a PRODUCT() aggregate function, so this was accomplished using a sum of the logarithms to be positive and non-zero (you cannot calculate a logarithm on a negative number or zero).
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Mathematics Calculations, logarithms, long divisions and whatever else the hell you can come up with.
So, first up:
Get into the groove boy, you've got to prove your love to m ! Yeah
Prove that one, mathematically speaking
Started by ashspet on
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For the most part and why scientist have to learn so much physics, mathematics and other disciplines much physics,mathematics, and abstraction that I've yet to meet an engineer that knows the physics of quantum field theory or advanced ....
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For example, math theory, graph logic.
Everyone around tell me that math is necessary for programmer. I saw a lot of threads where people say that they used linear algebra and some other math, but no one described concrete cases when they used it.
I know...
Started by Sergey on
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Doppler shift is logarithmic....
Thats why its important to know mathematics to have a more clearer understanding of things :)
Infact in some cases a lot of math has.
Do is mathematics or at least depends on/related to mathematics.
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Below are my two old "alleged" proofs of the Riemann Hypothesis.
Trouble with
them is that I was under the delusion as all of the mathematics
community of
that time that Natural Numbers = 0,1,2,3,4,...... Whereas Natural
Numbers
are really 0,1,2,3,......
Started by plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com on
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Archimedes in mathematics must have been the century of function
this, function that, just a massive century of functions really are functions....
That the idempotent is near 10^500 that
would bring
a beautiful harmony of Physics with Mathematics.
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On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:30:46 -0700 (PDT), Musatov <marty.musatov@gmail.com
A Very Brief History of Mathematics
150 B.C. Brahmi Numericals: Origin of Hindu-Arabic numerals.
825 A.D. Base 10 numeration system: Arabia.
1479 Hindu-Arabic digits as ...
Started by Musatov on
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On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:15:46 -070....
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:42:09 -0700, "Sanny" <softtanks22@hotmail.com
2010: Martin Musatov has the back of his under-shorts
pulled up sharply, causing a wedge of fabric to become
lodged between his buttocks .
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Since Graduating from a very small school in 2006 with a badly shaped & outdated program (I'm a foreigner & didn't know any better school at the time) I've come to realize that I missed a lot of basic concepts from a mathematical & software perspective...
Started by Jose B. on
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My math background is really poor (Geologist) { action-1 } else { action-2 }
Discrete mathematics and combinatorics are tremendously helpful to have the tools to work out the....
It was recommended in a few questions.
Concrete Mathematics.
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Possible Duplicate:
What is the base of the logarithm for the purposes of Algorithms?
While writing the complexity of an algorithm to be in terms of logarithm, e.g. log(N), Log(NlogN) or log (N^2logN), etc., what should be the base of the logarithm, and...
Started by Moody on
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If you recall your mathematics, you will ....
The convention used in most cases is logarithm in base of 2 of logarithm is just multiplying with another constant the complexity won't change.
And therefore won't change the complexity.
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Hello forum !
I was searching about mathematics and computer programming I face this forum ,
I decided to register here because I'm not good at math ( That is what I'm thinking but everybody says I'm intermediate at math ! )
I'm at Second Senior high ...
Started by Alg0r1thm on
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Will be teaching us them , But I don't know How to start ?
We have a forum for Studying and Teaching Mathematics!
Back in the high school, I wasn't having much problem with functions, but logarithms were messing mathematics ( Because....
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I work daily with Python 2.4 at my company. I used the versatile logarithm function 'log' from the standard math library, and when I entered log(2**31, 2) it returned 31. 4, which struck me as a bit odd.
I did the same thing with other powers of 2, and...
Started by Avihu Turzion on
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You should read "What Every Computer Scientist.
Accurate then log(x, y), since it knows exactly what the base of the logarithm is, also there may be some hardware support for calculating base-10 logarithms.
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How can I calculate the logarithm of a BigDecimal? Does anyone know of any algorithms I can use?
My googling so far has come up with the (useless) idea of just converting to a double and using Math.log.
I will provide the precision of the answer required...
Started by masher on
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That's the integral part of your logarithm, plus you need is the integer part ....
Here's how to do it in base 10 (which you can trivially convert to any other logarithm base):
Count the number of decimal digits in the answer.
A) + log(B).
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