Logarithmic
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Logarithmic can refer to:
- LogarithmLogarithmThe logarithm of a number is the exponent by which another fixed value, the base, has to be raised to produce that number. For example, the logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 3, because 1000 is 10 to the power 3: More generally, if x = by, then y is the logarithm of x to base b, and is written...
, a transcendental function in mathematics - Logarithmic scaleLogarithmic scaleA logarithmic scale is a scale of measurement using the logarithm of a physical quantity instead of the quantity itself.A simple example is a chart whose vertical axis increments are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4...
, the use of the logarithmic function to describe measurements - Logarithmic growthLogarithmic growthIn mathematics, logarithmic growth describes a phenomenon whose size or cost can be described as a logarithm function of some input. e.g. y = C log . Note that any logarithm base can be used, since one can be converted to another by a fixed constant...
- Logarithmic distribution, a discrete probability distribution
- Natural logarithmNatural logarithmThe natural logarithm is the logarithm to the base e, where e is an irrational and transcendental constant approximately equal to 2.718281828...