What exactly is an algorythm and a logarythm and are they related mathematically or do they just sound similar
2006-09-28 19:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by Arch Teryx 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
There are two different things.
Algoritm:Any well-defined procedure describing how to carry out a particular task
1990: Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms: page 1. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999 (23rd printing) - Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output.
Through Old French; ultimately a modification from the name of the Islamic mathematician al-Khwarizmi.
Logarithm:(mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written logbx. For example, log10(1000) = 3 because 10^3 = 1000.
2006-09-28 20:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Mamad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An 'algorithm' is a sequence of steps (with, possibly, decisions made along the way) which will calculate a value (called the 'result') from another value (called the 'argument').
A 'logarithm' is the exponent to which another number (called the 'base') must be raised in order to equal another number (called the 'argument')
No. Aside from a similarity of names, they have no real mathematical reslationship (except that there do exist several 'algorithms' to calculate the value of a 'logarithm' ☺)
Doug
2006-09-28 19:56:05 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
an algorithm is a method to solve a problem.
an algorithm is a procedure (a finite set of well-defined instructions) for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state.
it comes from arabic.
The logarithm is the mathematical operation that is the inverse of exponentiation.
The logarithm of a number x in base b is the number n such that x = b^n. the word logarithm comes from greek:
logarithmus : Greek logos, reason, proportion
2006-09-29 02:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are completely different.
A logarithm is an inverse exponential. An algorithm is a computational method or set of steps to arrive at some computation.
2006-09-28 19:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by rmtzlr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logarythm
2016-11-01 11:20:57 · answer #5 · answered by oleary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋