[Ihsan Kehribar] points out a clever trick you can use to quickly and efficiently compute the logarithm of a 32-bit integer. The technique relies on the CLZ instruction which counts the number of ...

THESE tables were compiled by Prof. Unwin to facilitate arithmetical calculations in cases where great accuracy is unnecessary, and are selected and so arranged as to be specially useful in the ...

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 ...

THE introduction of more practical methods in the teaching of mathematics in schools has led to an increasing demand for inexpensive tables of logarithms, values of trigonometric functions, and other ...

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A logarithm is a mathematical operation that determines how many times a certain number, called the base, is multiplied by itself to reach another number. Because logarithms relate geometric ...

In mathematics, the division of numbers may involve negative exponents in the denominator. Such questions can be easily solved with the help of the properties of logarithms and log tables. For better ...

The inventor, Martin Wiberg, (September 4, 1826-December 29, 1905) was born in Viby, Sweden. He is known to be among computer pioneers for his invention that could print logarithmic tables. In 1845 he ...