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 |
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| Event Type: | Workshop / Seminar |
| Tags: | Mathematics |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar - Department of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics |
