 | Isaac Todhunter - 1866 - 192 pągines
...between 100 and 1000 its logarithm lies between 2 and 3 : and so on. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa; thus as the logarithm of any number between 100 and 1000 is greater than 2 and less than 3, it is equal... | |
 | Aaron Schuyler - 1875 - 184 pągines
...system, the logarithm of an exact power of 10 is the whole number equal to the exponent of the power. (9) 3. Consequences. 1. If the number is greater than...find the laws for the characteristic. Let (1) 10* = Tl ; then, by def., log n = x. But (2) 10!= 10. (1)-K2) = (3) 10*-' = ^; then, by def, log ^ = *-l.... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - 1891 - 557 pągines
...arid <= ICT1 ; . •. log '06 = - 2 + a fraction. 209. DEFINITION. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number to the base 10 can be written down by inspection,... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - 1893 - 404 pągines
...-06>10-2 and <10~1; . •. log -06 = - 2 + a fraction. 161. DEFINITION. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number to the 10 can be found by inspection, as we shall... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1894 - 206 pągines
...is, 102-3692 = 234. Cor. IV. — In general, if a number is not an exact power of 10, its logarithm will consist of two parts, — an entire part and...part. • The entire part is called the Characteristic ; the decimal part, the Mantissa. § 3. LAWS OF THE CHARACTERISTIC. THEOREM II. Let (1) 10* = n; then,... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - 1895 - 478 pągines
...-06>10-a and <10-! ; .-. log -06=— 2+ a fraction. 407. DEFINITION. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. 408. To determine the characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than unity. It is clear... | |
 | Thomas Ulvan Taylor, Charles Puryear - 1902 - 160 pągines
...Similarly, the logarithm of any positive number consists of a whole number plus a decimal. The whole number is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. Table I in the Appendix gives the mantissas of the logarithms of numbers from 1 to 10000. It is not... | |
 | Joseph Claudel - 1906 - 708 pągines
...number 0.236 and — 2 for the number 0.00326. 397. The whole part of a positive or negative logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. 398. The logarithm of a number multiplied or divided by a power of 10. From (396) it follows that knowing... | |
 | Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne - 1909 - 261 pągines
...fractions. Thus, log 765 = 2.8837 correct to four decimal places. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. In log 765, the characteristic is 2 and the mantissa is 0.8837. For convenience in constructing tables,... | |
 | William Henry Dooley - 1915 - 341 pągines
...between 10 and 100 is a number between 1 and 2, and is, therefore, 1 plus a decimal. The whole number 1 is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. In like manner, the log of a number betwee'i 100 and 1000 is 2 plus a decimal, for 102 = 100 and 10s... | |
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The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. 
