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damo
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 Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:
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Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to make n the subject of the equation? |
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William Elliot
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:
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On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
| Quote: | Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
What does that mean? Sentences have subjects and verbs. That is grammar. |
Equations are math, they have no verbs nor subjects. Not unless you
immagine they do. What you want? To slove for n? No, that doesn't make
much sense for that identity. For all that matter, what's the "subject"
of the power log law as stated above? |
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Paul Sperry
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:
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In article <Pine.BSI.4.58.0605240356300.7233@vista.hevanet.com>,
William Elliot <marsh@hevanet.remove.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
What does that mean? Sentences have subjects and verbs. That is grammar.
Equations are math, they have no verbs nor subjects. Not unless you
immagine they do.
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I imagine "equals" is a verb form.
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Adam Dinwoodie
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:
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damo wrote:
| Quote: | Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to make n the subject of the equation?
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Not really, no. That's an identity; it's the same as saying 1 = a/a.
What it means is that if you have
log_a (m^n)
you can replace it with
n * log_a (m)
and vice-versa.
If you want to find n using this equation, you'd get something like
log_a (m^n) = n * log_a (m)
=> n * log_a (m) = n * log_a (m)
=> n = n
which is of no use to anyone.
Adam
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:
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Wed, 24 May 2006 04:05:45 -0700 from William Elliot
<marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
| Quote: | On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
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I don't think it's much use to do that. First let's write in better
notation:
log_a(m^n) = n * log_a(m)
To solve for n, divide both sides by log_a(m):
n = log_a(m^n) / log_a(m)
But once you've got that, what good does it do? This is an identity,
not a conditional equation, so you can't use it to find a value for
n.
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:
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Wed, 24 May 2006 04:05:45 -0700 from William Elliot
<marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
| Quote: | On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
What does that mean? Sentences have subjects and verbs. That is grammar.
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Oh for goodness' sake. "Make ___ the subject of the equation" is
standard eduspeak for "Solve for ___".
| Quote: | Equations are math, they have no verbs nor subjects.
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Don't lecture on grammar when you commit a comma splice.
Furthermore , you're wrong substantively. "A = b + c" is a sentence
grammatically. Its subject is "a", its verb is "equals", and its
complement is "b plus c".
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William Elliot
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:39 am Post subject:
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On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
| Quote: | marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a) m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
What does that mean? Sentences have subjects and verbs. That is grammar.
Oh for goodness' sake. "Make ___ the subject of the equation" is
standard eduspeak for "Solve for ___".
Oh sure, "Make you a subject of Savior King Bush" is neoedu-polsqueek for |
"Dissolve for your Republican Baptism."
| Quote: | Equations are math, they have no verbs nor subjects.
Don't lecture on grammar when you commit a comma splice.
Neoedu-quicktype for ; |
BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
| Quote: | Furthermore , you're wrong substantively. "A = b + c" is a sentence
grammatically. Its subject is "a", its verb is "equals", and its
complement is "b plus c".
a /= A. a in A, A not in A. |
i = sqr -1. I = sqr -1 ?? |
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:
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Thu, 25 May 2006 04:39:15 -0700 from William Elliot
<marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
| Quote: | BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
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Read *any* grammar book, US or UK, and you'll find that your
categorical statement is at best incomplete and at worst plain wrong.
You seem to have some mathematical knowledge -- why not focus on
helping people with that instead of making annoying and wrong
pronouncements on grammar and punctuation?
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G.E. Ivey
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | On Wed, 24 May 2006, damo wrote:
Can the power logarithm law: log(a) m^n = nlog(a)
m, be transposed to
make n the subject of the equation?
What does that mean? Sentences have subjects and
verbs. That is grammar.
Equations are math, they have no verbs nor subjects.
Not unless you
immagine they do. What you want? To slove for n?
No, that doesn't make
much sense for that identity. For all that matter,
what's the "subject"
of the power log law as stated above?
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"Make x the subject of the equation" is a Britishism for "solve for x", Bill. Let's not be provincial! |
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William Elliot
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:24 am Post subject:
Re: Transformation Techniques
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On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
| Quote: | marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
Read *any* grammar book, US or UK, and you'll find that your
categorical statement is at best incomplete and at worst plain wrong.
p1662 Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd College Edition |
Sec. on Quotation Marks, paragraph 7a
The comma and the period are always enclosed within quotation marks.
| Quote: | You seem to have some mathematical knowledge -- why not focus on
helping people with that instead of making annoying and wrong
pronouncements on grammar and punctuation?
Too much neoedu-quicktype equationswithoutspaces and those who won't be |
bothered to include context.
Riddle of the day. Does one capitalize "i" at the beginning of the
sentence
i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
or you use quotation marks
"j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
without capitalization? |
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Bob111
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:15 am Post subject:
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On Thu, 25 May 2006 19:24:05 -0700, William Elliot
<marsh@hevanet.remove.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
Read *any* grammar book, US or UK, and you'll find that your
categorical statement is at best incomplete and at worst plain wrong.
p1662 Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd College Edition
Sec. on Quotation Marks, paragraph 7a
The comma and the period are always enclosed within quotation marks.
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Suggest you get a copy of Fowler's Modern English Usage. It is a great
antidote whenever rigid rules of English are proposed, and it can be
good fun.
On this topic, he notes that both positionings are widely used, and
that the common preference of editors is what you said. He then pleads
that common sense will win out over such a silly rigid rule. {I have
simplified and paraphrased, but retain the gist of his point.)
| Quote: | You seem to have some mathematical knowledge -- why not focus on
helping people with that instead of making annoying and wrong
pronouncements on grammar and punctuation?
Too much neoedu-quicktype equationswithoutspaces and those who won't be
bothered to include context.
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Many of your comments would indeed lead to clearer postings, but you
dilute your important stuff with trivia.
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Riddle of the day. Does one capitalize "i" at the beginning of the
sentence
i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
or you use quotation marks
"j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
without capitalization?
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I'd say it is an imaginary question, so I won't answer it.
bob |
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William Elliot
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:09 am Post subject:
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On Thu, 25 May 2006, Bob wrote:
| Quote: | marsh@hevanet.remove.com> wrote:
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
Read *any* grammar book, US or UK, and you'll find that your
categorical statement is at best incomplete and at worst plain wrong.
p1662 Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd College Edition
Sec. on Quotation Marks, paragraph 7a
The comma and the period are always enclosed within quotation marks.
Suggest you get a copy of Fowler's Modern English Usage. It is a great
antidote whenever rigid rules of English are proposed, and it can be
good fun.
On this topic, he notes that both positionings are widely used, and
that the common preference of editors is what you said. He then pleads
that common sense will win out over such a silly rigid rule. {I have
simplified and paraphrased, but retain the gist of his point.)
I concur. Thus usage will vary as common sense. |
| Quote: | You seem to have some mathematical knowledge -- why not focus on
helping people with that instead of making annoying and wrong
pronouncements on grammar and punctuation?
Too much neoedu-quicktype equationswithoutspaces and those who won't be
bothered to include context.
Many of your comments would indeed lead to clearer postings, but you
dilute your important stuff with trivia.
Trite in, trivia out. |
| Quote: | Riddle of the day. Does one capitalize "i" at the beginning of the
sentence
i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
or you use quotation marks
"j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
without capitalization?
I'd say it is an imaginary question, so I won't answer it.
Oh sure, and your  was equally imaginary. |
How much more imaginary is 2i than i? |
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Jasen Betts
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:50 am Post subject:
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On 2006-05-26, William Elliot <marsh@hevanet.remove.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
BTW, periods at end of sentence are inside quotes, not outside.
Read *any* grammar book, US or UK, and you'll find that your
categorical statement is at best incomplete and at worst plain wrong.
p1662 Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd College Edition
Sec. on Quotation Marks, paragraph 7a
The comma and the period are always enclosed within quotation marks.
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I must comment on this, I understand that style of punctuaton to be a US
conventio.
| Quote: | Riddle of the day. Does one capitalize "i" at the beginning of the
sentence
i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
or you use quotation marks
"j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
without capitalization?
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Correctly one does not put a lower case character at the start of a
sentence, pad it.
The symbol i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
The letter "j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
That said personally I'd just start with i or "j" if it conveyed the meaning
best. <http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html>
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William Elliot
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:07 am Post subject:
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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jasen Betts wrote:
| Quote: | On 2006-05-26, William Elliot <marsh@hevanet.remove.com> wrote:
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Stan Brown wrote:
marsh@hevanet.remove.com>:
p1662 Webster's New World Dictionary, 2nd College Edition
Sec. on Quotation Marks, paragraph 7a
The comma and the period are always enclosed within quotation marks.
I must comment on this, I understand that style of punctuaton to be a US
conventio.
Worry you not, like English spelling and US foreign policy, US punctuation |
is illogical. "conventio" is Italian ending? Can't quite place
"punctuaton". Greek ending?
| Quote: | Riddle of the day. Does one capitalize "i" at the beginning of the
sentence
i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
or you use quotation marks
"j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
without capitalization?
Correctly one does not put a lower case character at the start of a
sentence, pad it.
Good lesson to learn, padding. Next we apply the processing of padding to |
profits and upon your first million dollar pad, you're eligible for a
lucrative political or corporate position, as if there be any distinction
any more. Congress is the US board of directors appointed and paid off by
corporate CEO's.
| Quote: | The symbol i is used by mathematicians for sqr -1.
The letter "j" is used by physicists for sqr -1
That said personally I'd just start with i or "j" if it conveyed the meaning
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How about this sentence:
dBase software is over ten years old.
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| Quote: | best. <http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html
Yicks, talks about over generalization and then frequently uses capital |
gamma as an English letter. Talk about over generalization, how is
capital Gamma ever an English letter? Anyway as I don't know how to
read English words containing capital Gammas, the site reads poorly.
Fails a spelling test. |
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Frederick Williams
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject:
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"G.E. Ivey" wrote:
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"Make x the subject of the equation" is a Britishism for "solve for x", Bill. Let's not be provincial!
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Better to say "Briticism" (or "Britticism") where English usage is
concerned. A Britishism is a characteristic of the people rather than
the language.
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