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 ...

THERE can be little doubt that much time is lost by students and others who have occasion to make numerical calculations through unfamiliarity with the practical advantages of logarithms. In the ...

This monthly journal, published since 1900, is devoted entirely to research in pure and applied mathematics, and, in general, includes longer papers than those in the Proceedings of the American ...