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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I suppose saying “natural log” invalidates the last limerick - I’ll allow it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's common to just use "log" in pure math, since nobody uses the base 10 log.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And everyone just uses "log" in CS because noone cares about the base.

...if you specifically want the natural one it's ln. ld for binary, base 10 is pretty much unheard of. Such an uneven number.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Fair. Logs are natural unless otherwise specified. You wouldn't put log(37) if you wanted base 10, you'd do log_10(37).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Instead of "Is the log" maybe you could say "Is nat-log"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

"is natty log of the cube root of e"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or just pronounce it "lawn" like all my calculus instructors did

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That one is weird to me, but maybe just because I've never heard it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I hear it pronounced as "lawn" all the time and it pisses me off to no end. Be thankful that you don't hear it.