P21-22
number, power, log. mostly in high school. One interesting property of b^x when x is real number:
b^(n+d1/10+...+dk/10^k)<=b^x<b^(n+d1/10+...+dk/10^k+1/10^k)
can get arbitrary accuracy for b^x - done by John Wallis & Isaac Newton in 17th century
P23-24
ln(x) - natural logarithm
where e is from? bank theory is more like it:
if a bank pays compound interest at rate r, compounded semiannually, return on each dollar is (1+r/2)^2; compounded quarterly, get (1+r/4)^4 dollar; compounded daily, get (1+r/365)^365 dollars. If compounded continuously, get e^r dollars for each.
end of 1.2.2: how to compute logarithm
POINT: use method A to solve the easiest part first, and try to apply A to the rest of the problem. Similar with induction.
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