Early tables resembling those of natural logarithms

DOI10.1080/17498430.2015.1116052zbMath1350.01008OpenAlexW2340132929WikidataQ58514637 ScholiaQ58514637MaRDI QIDQ2818284

Bob Burn

Publication date: 7 September 2016

Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2015.1116052

zbMATH Keywords

interpolation in tablesNapier's logarithmnatural logarithms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of numerical analysis (65-03) Tables in numerical analysis (65A05)

Cites Work

• ‘And John Napier created logarithms...’
• Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa and logarithms

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