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Re: [Phys-l] Help! An explanation for the laity



On 12/04/2007 09:31 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

"Why is the natural log used?"

1) Because
ln(1.001) = .001 [1]

2) You can use any log you want, but unnatural logs
just make the formula more complicated-looking.

log10(1.001) = 0.00043 [2]



Which would you rather remember, [1] or [2]?