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Re: [Phys-l] Limerick


On 07/03/2008 at 12:00 PM, phys-l-request@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu wrote:
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:30:11 -0400
From: "Bob Sciamanda" <trebor@winbeam.com>
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Limrick

The numerical equality embodied in the limerick is correct, so long as "log"
is interpreted as a "Natural Logarithm", i.e., "LN" (the logarithm to the
base "e". Conventionally, "log" refers to the base 10.

Conventionally, "log" refers to base e in advanced (proof-based) math, and to
base 10 in most client subjects. It's one way to tell whether a mahematician
wrote the paper.

Also, the comma
following the word "cosine" is mathematically misleading/confusing and
should be omitted.

It's mathematically wrong.

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