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  2. Logarithm - Wikipedia

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    Because log(x) is the sum of the terms of the form log(1 + 2 −k) corresponding to those k for which the factor 1 + 2 −k was included in the product P, log(x) may be computed by simple addition, using a table of log(1 + 2 −k) for all k. Any base may be used for the logarithm table.

  3. Half-space (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The open (closed) upper half-space is the half-space of all (x 1, x 2, ..., x n) such that x n > 0 (≥ 0). The open (closed) lower half-space is defined similarly, by requiring that x n be negative (non-positive). A half-space may be specified by a linear inequality, derived from the linear equation that specifies the defining hyperplane. A ...

  4. Newton's method - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, the hypothesis on F′ ensures that X k + 1 is at most half the size of X k when m is the midpoint of Y, so this sequence converges towards [x*, x*], where x* is the root of f in X. If F ′ ( X ) strictly contains 0, the use of extended interval division produces a union of two intervals for N ( X ) ; multiple roots are therefore ...

  5. Discrete logarithm - Wikipedia

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    For example, log 10 10000 = 4, and log 10 0.001 = −3. These are instances of the discrete logarithm problem. Other base-10 logarithms in the real numbers are not instances of the discrete logarithm problem, because they involve non-integer exponents. For example, the equation log 10 53 = 1.724276… means that 10 1.724276… = 53.

  6. Natural logarithm - Wikipedia

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    The natural logarithm of x is generally written as ln x, log e x, or sometimes, if the base e is implicit, simply log x. [2] [3] Parentheses are sometimes added for clarity, giving ln(x), log e (x), or log(x). This is done particularly when the argument to the logarithm is not a single symbol, so as to prevent ambiguity.

  7. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    An example of using Newton–Raphson method to solve numerically the equation f(x) = 0. In mathematics, to solve an equation is to find its solutions, which are the values (numbers, functions, sets, etc.) that fulfill the condition stated by the equation, consisting generally of two expressions related by an equals sign.

  8. General Problem Solver - Wikipedia

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    General Problem Solver (GPS) is a computer program created in 1957 by Herbert A. Simon, J. C. Shaw, and Allen Newell (RAND Corporation) intended to work as a universal problem solver machine. In contrast to the former Logic Theorist project, the GPS works with means–ends analysis .

  9. Broyden's method - Wikipedia

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    The above equation is underdetermined when k is greater than one. Broyden suggested using the most recent estimate of the Jacobian matrix, J n −1 , and then improving upon it by requiring that the new form is a solution to the most recent secant equation, and that there is minimal modification to J n −1 :