Definition:Logarithm/Historical Note

Historical Note on Logarithm
The initial invention of the logarithm was by, who used a base $\dfrac {9 \, 999 \, 999} {10 \, 000 \, 000}$.

, who invented the slide rule, added a table of natural logarithms to his English translation of 's book.

In $1685$, established that logarithms can be considered as exponents.

In $1694$, made the same discovery.

Logarithms in their modern form are as a result of the original work done by.

was the first one to create a consistent theory of the logarithm of a negative number and of an imaginary number.

He also discovered that the logarithm function has an infinite number of values for a given argument.