On Jul 18, Michael Beeson wrote:
sage: n(log(2,408/370))
7.08999206263157
sage: log(2,2)
1
sage: 2^7
128
sage: n(log(2,408.0/370))
7.08999206263157
sage: version()
'SageMath version 8.7, Release Date: 2019-03-23'
sage: n(log(2,1.001))
693.493696416899
sage:log(2,1) gives an error
And also
sage: log(*2*,x)
log(2)/log(x)
which goes a long ways to explain the previous results. So log(2,x) is not
actually log to the base 2 of x.
On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:45:06 AM UTC-7, Michael Beeson wrote:
>
> sage: n(log(*2*,*408*/*370*))
>
> 7.08999206263157
>
> sage:
sage: n(log(*2*,*408*/*370*))
7.08999206263157
sage: log(*2*,*2*)
1
sage: *2*^*7*
128
sage: n(log(*2*,*408.0*/*370*))
7.08999206263157
sage: version()
'SageMath version 8.7, Release Date: 2019-03-23'
sage: n(log(*2*,*1.001*))
693.493696416899
sage:log(2,1) gives an error instead of