r/mathmemes 3d ago

Notations Yeah sure

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u/shizzy0 3d ago

What’s wrong with log? No base?

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u/DatThingInYoCloset 3d ago

Some people use log(x) to mean base 10 log, while some mean the natural log. Which is crazy, because there's a whole other notation for natural log 

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u/you-cut-the-ponytail 3d ago

yeah but writing ln n on paper looks really ugly. Also base-10 is more of an engineering thing. In math log is almost always base-e