logarithmic function
noun
: a function (such as y = loga x or y = ln x) that is the inverse of an exponential function (such as y = ax or y = ex) so that the independent variable appears in a logarithm
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Isn’t writing different from learning logarithmic functions?
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Amanda Parrish Morgan, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
Prandtl and von Kármán also discovered that the inertial layer’s mean velocity was a logarithmic function of the distance from the boundary.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2022
Amanda Parrish Morgan, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
Prandtl and von Kármán also discovered that the inertial layer’s mean velocity was a logarithmic function of the distance from the boundary.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2022
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