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[-] wrig9547@lemm.ee 44 points 6 months ago

I suppose saying “natural log” invalidates the last limerick - I’ll allow it.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 16 points 6 months ago

It's common to just use "log" in pure math, since nobody uses the base 10 log.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And everyone just uses "log" in CS because noone cares about the base.

...if you specifically want the natural one it's ln. ld for binary, base 10 is pretty much unheard of. Such an uneven number.

[-] hobovision@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Fair. Logs are natural unless otherwise specified. You wouldn't put log(37) if you wanted base 10, you'd do log_10(37).

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

Instead of "Is the log" maybe you could say "Is nat-log"?

[-] theroastedtoaster@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Or just pronounce it "lawn" like all my calculus instructors did

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

That one is weird to me, but maybe just because I've never heard it.

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

I hear it pronounced as "lawn" all the time and it pisses me off to no end. Be thankful that you don't hear it.

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

"is natty log of the cube root of e"

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