 | Robert Riegel - 1924 - 586 páginas
...less than 1, the characteristics will always be negative, but as a rule negative characteristics are avoided by adding 10 to the characteristic and writing — 10 after the logarithm, which does not alter its true value. We can then change Rule No. 2 to read as follows: The characteristic... | |
 | Robert Riegel - 1927 - 588 páginas
...less than 1, the characteristics will always be negative, but as a rule negative characteristics are avoided by adding 10 to the characteristic and writing — 10 after the logarithm, •which does not alter its true value. We can then change Eule No. 2 to read as follows: Example Numbers... | |
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As we have previously stated, the mantissa is always positive, and where the number is less than 1, the characteristics will always be negative, but as a rule negative characteristics are avoided by adding 10 to the characteristic and writing — 10 after... 