https://blog.sksoumik.com/tags/math/ Recent content in math on Sadman Kabir Soumik Hugo -- gohugo.io en Copyright © 2022, Sadman Kabir Soumik Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.sksoumik.com/software-engineering/understanding-logarithm-function-computer-science/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.sksoumik.com/software-engineering/understanding-logarithm-function-computer-science/ Logarithms are mathematical operations that are the inverse of exponentiation. In other words, if we have a base b and an exponent x, the logarithm of the resulting number y to the base b is x. This can be written as log_b(y) = x. For example, the logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 3, because 10^3 = 1000. Similarly, the logarithm of 100 to base 10 is 2, because 10^2 = 100.