Logarithmic Tables (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Jones, George William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332814921 ISBN 13 : 9781332814923

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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The base commonly used in computation is 10, and as most numbers are incommensurable powers of 10, a common logarithm, in general, consists of an integer, the characteristic, and an endless decimal, the mantissa. If a number be resolved into two factors, of which one is an integer power of 10 and the other lies between 1and 10, then the integer exponent of 10 is the characteristic, and the logarithm of the other factor is the mantissa. The characteristic is positive if the number be larger than unity, and negative if it be smaller ;the mantissa is always positive. A negative characteristic is indicated by the sign above it. E.g., 7770 =103x 7.77, and log 7770 =3.890421, .0777 =10-2x 7.77, and log.0777 =2.890421. The logarithms of all numbers expressed by the same figures in the same order have different characteristics but the same mantissa ;for since all such numbers may be got one from another by multiplying or dividing by some integer power of 10, their logarithms differ by integers. In particular :if the decimal point stand after the first figure of a number, counting from the left, the characteristic is 0; if after two figures, it is 1; if after three figures, it is 2, and so on. So, if the decimal point stand before the first significant figure, the characteristic is 1; if one zero follow the decimal point, it is 2. E.g., log 3649 =3.562174, log 3.649 =0.562174, log .003649 =3.562174. ,TABLES OF LOGARITHMS. The logarithms of any set of consecutive numbers, arranged in a form convenient for use, constitute a table of logarithms. Such a table, to the base 10, need give only the mantissas ;the characteristics are evident. In this book there are three tables of common logarithms :T able I, pp. 12, 13, gives the logarithms of all three-figure numbers correct to four decimal places. Table III, pp. 20-37, gives the logarithms of all four-figure numbers correc
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332814921
• ISBN 13: 9781332814923
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 166
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