Subject: bug report, or am I doing something wrong?
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:31:15 -0700
On 2/10/06, Frank Palazzolo <frank.palazzolo at mcm1.com> wrote:
> After all, using logarithms to the base 10 is really
> just a consequence of humans having 10 fingers.
Perhaps sheep, cows, and buffalo would find computers easy
to understand, given their natural inclination to count in base 2.
The rhinoceros, on the other hand, would want Maxima to
have log(x) = log3(x).
As for the horse, the lack of toes doubtless accounts for
their slow progress, mathematically speaking.
Glad to help,
Robert Dodier