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Logarithms: The Early History of a Familiar Function
Course Topic(s): One-Variable Calculus | History of Calculus
The authors recount the 'great tale' of Napier's and Burgi's parallel development of logarithms and urge you to use it in class. Includes images of Burgi's rarely seen notes and text and exercises for students.
Resource URL: http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/46/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3495
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Subject classification(s):
Single Variable Calculus
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Calculus
Creator(s): Kathleen Clark and Clemency Montelle
Contributor(s): Editor, Loci: Convergence
This resource was cataloged by Janet Beery
Publisher:MAA, MathDL Loci: Convergence
Resource copyright: MAA
This review was published on February 11, 2011
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