Thursday, April 6, 2017

Origin of word - Logarithm



Log or Logarithm is used to simplify calculation. The word came into existence due to John Napier (1550- 1617).
It is the combination of two Greek words Logos - reason or ratio and artihmus - number.

You can use log table to simplify the calculation. The first log table was given by John Napier which was later modified by Henry Briggs

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