Exactly. The "natural logarithm" in English is the logarithmus naturalis in Latin. Back in the day, it was Latin rather than English that was the lingua franca of the technical community.sheldonrocks97 said:I actually heard it was from Latin, but I just randomly saw that on the internet.
That post must be your magnum opus. :tongue:1MileCrash said:Latin has adjectives after nouns.
1MileCrash said:There are many languages that place adjectives after nouns.. I highly doubt the idea was first published in English.
SteveL27 said:The first use of ln is attributed to New York-born Irving Stringham in 1983.
The abbreviation "ln" comes from the French term "logarithme naturel," which translates to "natural logarithm." This term was first used by mathematician Leonhard Euler in the 18th century, and the abbreviation "ln" has been widely accepted and used since then.
There is no specific reason why the abbreviation is not "nl." It is simply a matter of convention and historical usage. The term "natural logarithm" is commonly abbreviated as "ln" in mathematical and scientific literature, and this convention has been followed for centuries.
No, "ln" is the most commonly used and accepted abbreviation for natural log. However, in some programming languages, the function for natural log may be abbreviated as "log" or "logn." Additionally, in some European languages, the abbreviation "ld" may be used, as it stands for "logarithmus naturalis" in Latin.
The abbreviation "ln" is pronounced as individual letters, "el-en." Some people may also pronounce it as "lin" or "lon," but "el-en" is the most commonly accepted pronunciation.
Yes, the abbreviation "ln" is also commonly used to represent the Laplace transform and the Lie algebra in mathematics. However, in these cases, it stands for different terms and should not be confused with the abbreviation for natural log.