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common logarithm [¦käm·ən ′läg·ə‚rith·əm] (mathematics) The exponent in the representation of a number as a power of 10. Also known as Briggsian logarithm; Briggs' logarithm. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He noticed that the first few pages of his logarithm tables books were more worn than the last few and from this he surmised that he was consulting the first pages--which gave the logs of numbers with low digits--more often. The common features shared by all LNS inventions are single cycle operations (multiplication, division, squares, square roots), dynamic range and precision comparable to floating point, and minimal CPU silicon (if the logarithm tables needed for addition and subtraction can be stored in external memory). |
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