Binary logarithm: Difference between revisions

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-The symbols '''log2''', '''lb''' or '''ld''' are used for the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_logarithm binary logarithm]''', also called ''dual logarithm''.
+The symbols '''log2''', '''lb''' or '''ld''' are used for the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_logarithm binary logarithm]''', also called '''dual logarithm''' or '''logarithm base two'''.
-==Log2 of the first [[prime_numbers|primes]]==
+== Log2 of the first primes ==
 {| class="wikitable"
+! [[prime]]
+! log2 prime
 |-
-! | prime
+| 2
-! | log2 prime
+| 1
 |-
-| | 2
+| 3
-| | 1
+| 1.584962501
 |-
-| | 3
+| 5
-| | 1.584962501
+| 2.321928095
 |-
-| | 5
+| 7
-| | 2.321928095
+| 2.807354922
 |-
-| | 7
+| 11
-| | 2.807354922
+| 3.459431619
 |-
-| | 11
+| 13
-| | 3.459431619
+| 3.700439718
 |-
-| | 13
+| 17
-| | 3.700439718
+| 4.087462841
 |-
-| | 17
+| 19
-| | 4.087462841
+| 4.247927513
 |-
-| | 19
+| 23
-| | 4.247927513
+| 4.523561956
 |-
-| | 23
+| 29
-| | 4.523561956
+| 4.857980995
-|-
-| | 29
-| | 4.857980995
 |}
-You can calculate the binary logarithm of n like this
+You can calculate the binary logarithm of n like this:
+ log2(n) = ln(n)/ln(2)
+[[Category:Howto]]
+[[Category:Math]]
+[[Category:Practical help]]
+[[Category:Term]]
-log2(n) = ln(n)/ln(2)
+[[Category:Todo:improve synopsis]]
-[[Category:howto]]
-[[Category:math]]
-[[Category:practical_help]]
-[[Category:term]]