Mathematicians use the logarithm to express the inverse function of exponentiation. That is, the logarithm of a given number p is the exponent to which another fixed number, the base b, must be raised ...
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica by Publication date 1687 Topics Mechanics, Celestial mechanics Publisher Londini : Jussu Societatis Regiae ac typis Josephi Streater. Prostat apud plures ...