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Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar: The First Logarithm

Duarte Maia (University of Chicago)
Monday, September 21, 2026
3:00-4:00 PM
4088 East Hall Map
Did you know that the notion of logarithm predates the notion of exponential by over a century? Did you know that the first logarithm was in base 1/e? In this talk, we’ll go over how John Napier conceptualized the logarithm, what for, and some curious idiosyncrasies of his definition.
Building: East Hall
Event Type: Workshop / Seminar
Tags: Mathematics
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar - Department of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics