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===[[Isaac Newton]]===
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'''Isaac Newton''' (1643 – 1727) was a famous British [[physics|physicist]] and [[mathematician]]. His most famous work in [[mathematics]] was the compilation of [[calculus]].
'''Logarithms''' and [[exponents]] are very closely related. In fact, they are [[Function/Introduction#The_Inverse_of_a_Function|inverse]] [[function]]s.  This means that logarithms can be used to reverse the result of exponentiation and vice versa, just as addition can be used to reverse the result of subtraction.  Thus, if we have <math> a^x = b </math>, then taking the logarithm with base <math> a</math> on both sides will give us <math>x=\log_a{b}</math>.
 
  
We would read this as "the logarithm of b, base a, is x". For example, we know that <math>3^4=81</math>. To express the same fact... [[Logarithm|[more]]]
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Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Lincolnshire, England. Newton was born very shortly after the death of his father. He did very well... [[Isaac Newton|[more]]]
 
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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727) was a famous British physicist and mathematician. His most famous work in mathematics was the compilation of calculus.

Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Lincolnshire, England. Newton was born very shortly after the death of his father. He did very well... [more]