Platte Canyon High School

Mathematics and Science

Links to Logarithms for Algebra 3

The following sites will help you find information about applications of logarithms and more.

Slide rules:  http://ds.dial.pipex.com/nib/slides.htm

Java Applet and graphing log and exponential functions - try this!  http://www.uncwil.edu/courses/mat111hb/E&l/log/log.html#sec1

History of logarithms: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Napier.html
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http://www.scotlandsource.com/about/napier.htm

Some applications:  http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html

Last Updated February 17, 2001             visits to this site!

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