 | Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1837 - 308 pages
...&c. 159, 159-108 &c. Definition. The whole part of a common logarithm, whether positive or negative, is called the characteristic of the logarithm. The decimal part is called the mantissa* We now give some theorems which obviously follow from what precedes. 1. No alteration in the place... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1837 - 314 pages
...159-108 &c. ice. &c. Definition. The whole part of a common logarithm, whether positive or negative, is called the characteristic of the logarithm. The decimal part is called the mantissa.* We now give some theorems which obviously follow from what precedes. 1. No alteration in the place... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1837 - 308 pages
...&c. 159, 159-108 &C. Definition. The whole part of a common logarithm, whether positive or negative, is called the characteristic of the logarithm. The decimal part is called the mantissa."1 We now give some theorems which obviously follow from what precedes. 1. No alteration in... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...by —3 plus a decimal, and so on. 22. Hence we see that the logarithms of most numbers must consist of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part. The integral part is called the characteristic or index of the logarithm. The characteristic may always be determined by the following RULE. The characteristic... | |
 | Simon Newcomb - Trigonometry - 1882 - 372 pages
...is called log n. A logarithm usually consists of an integer number and a decimal part. The integer is called the characteristic of the logarithm. The decimal part is called the mantissa of the logarithm. The most simple form of table is that on the first page of Table I., which. gives... | |
 | Simon Newcomb - Logarithms - 1882 - 204 pages
...log n. A logarithm usually consists of an integer number and a decimai part. The integer is callea the characteristic of the logarithm. The decimal part is called the mantissa of the logarithm. 4 LOGARITHMIC TABLES. The moot simple form of table is that on the first page of... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Algebra - 1888 - 868 pages
...contemporary of Napier. It thus api>ears tliat in general the common logarithm of a number consists of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part. The integral part is called the characteristic, and the di'fimal part is called the mantissa. From the above examples we see that if a whole number... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Trigonometry - 1892 - 392 pages
...positive number less than 1 is negative. (3) In general, the common logarithm of a number consists of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic of the logarithm, and may be either positive or negative.... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1895 - 124 pages
...logarithm of any positive number less than 1 is negative; and in general the logarithm of a number consists of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part....part is called the characteristic of the logarithm, and may be either positive or negative. The decimal part is called the mantissa of the logarithm, and... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1908 - 128 pages
...of any positive number less than 1 is negative ; and in general the logarithm of a number consists of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part....part is called the characteristic of the logarithm, and may be either positive or negative. The decimal part is called the mantissa of the logarithm, and... | |
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... consists of two parts, an integral part and a decimal part. The integral part is called the characteristic of the logarithm, and may be either positive or negative. 
