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Title pretty much says it, is there an offical opinion that can be quoted somewhere to win a bet? I like unlog or Reverse log but Anti-log just sounds goofy.
Reverce log, Anti-log, or unlog whitch is correct?
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The terms antilog (short for antilogarithm) and inverse logarithm are occasionally used. I don't believe that either "reverce" (correct spelling is reverse) log or unlog are ever used.madcat8000 said:Title pretty much says it, is there an offical opinion that can be quoted somewhere to win a bet? I like unlog or Reverse log but Anti-log just sounds goofy.
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In the days before electronic calculators, when people used log tables or slide rules to do multiplication and division, they were called antilogs.
In mathematics today, a better name for the inverse of natural logs would be exponentials, and for logs to other bases, powers.
In mathematics today, a better name for the inverse of natural logs would be exponentials, and for logs to other bases, powers.
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