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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE!tabaqui!dak
  3. From: dak@tabaqui.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup)
  4. Subject: Re: Retarded log question
  5. Message-ID: <dak.716323759@tabaqui>
  6. Sender: news@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (Newsfiles Owner)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: tabaqui
  8. Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
  9. References: <1992Sep10.225134.21189@hellgate.utah.edu>
  10. Date: 12 Sep 92 18:49:19 GMT
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  12.  
  13. tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman) writes:
  14.  
  15.  
  16. >If you are given a number, such as 2^X, how can you determine what
  17. >the same number would be with a different base, such as 10?
  18.  
  19. >For example, 2^100,000,000 = 10^ ??
  20. 100,000,000  \log_{10} 2
  21. >Thanks a lot
  22. Not to mention it.
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