I use log(x) for the natural logarithm, log(x)/log(2) for the binary logarithm and log(x)/log(10) for that decimal logarithm that's only ever used for calculating pH values and decibels. Once a horrified colleague thought that I'd written `ln', but halfway through his objection he apologised after noticing that it was actually the preposition `In' at the beginning of a sentence... Sincerely, Adam P. Goucher
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 9:56 PM From: "James Propp" <jamespropp@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [math-fun] Fwd: New book: Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis
Given that they're writing for high school students (among others), I would hope that they mention (at least in a footnote) that they, like most researchers, write "log" where high school teachers would insist upon "ln".
Can someone who's read the book comment on how Mazur and Stein handle this?
Jim
On Friday, February 27, 2015, meekerdb <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:
On 2/26/2015 9:06 PM, James Buddenhagen wrote:
On p. 48, last line, first paragraph of Mazur/Stein book, shouldn't it be Li(X) = integral 2 to X of (1/log(t)) dt, rather than what is written?
I think you're right - I passed on your comment to Stein.
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