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Logarithm vs Integral - What's the difference?

logarithm | integral |

In mathematics terms the difference between logarithm and integral

is that logarithm is for a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16 while integral is antiderivative.

As an adjective integral is

constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.

logarithm

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16.
  • For a currency which uses denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, etc., each jump in the base-10 logarithm from one denomination to the next higher is either 0.3010 or 0.3979.

    Synonyms

    * log

    Derived terms

    * common logarithm, common log * natural logarithm, natural log * logarithmancy

    Anagrams

    * algorithm

    See also

    * ln

    integral

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable
  • * South
  • Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.
  • (mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
  • (mathematics) Relating to integration.
  • (obsolete) whole; undamaged
  • * Francis Bacon
  • A local motion keepeth bodies integral .

    Synonyms

    * (constituting a whole) immanent, inherent, necessary

    Derived terms

    * integral brick * integral closure * integral cosmology * integral cuboid * integral current * integral curvature * integral curve * integral domain * integral drawing * integral ecology * integral element * integral energy * integral extension * integral fast reactor * integral field unit * integral function * integral geometry * integral graph * integral homology group * integral kernel * integral membrane protein * integral politics * integral polygedron * integral polynomial * integral post-metaphysics * integral psychology * integral transformative practice * integral yoga * integrity

    Noun

    (wikipedia integral) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.
  • The integral of x\mapsto x^2 on [0,1] is \frac{1}{3}.
  • (mathematics)
  • The integral of x^2 is \frac{x^3}{3} plus a constant.

    Synonyms

    * (limit of sums) definite integral * (antiderivative) antiderivative, indefinite integral,

    Antonyms

    * (antiderivative) derivative

    Derived terms

    * definite integral * half-integral * improper integral * indefinite integral * integral calculus * integral equation * integral theory * integral transform * integration * Riemann integral * Riemann-Stieltjes integral * Lebesgue integral

    Anagrams

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