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Re: ,,improve'' readability in tree(3)
From: Ilya A. Kovalenko (shadow
oganer.net)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 02:03:31 CST
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>> >No, the original is correct. lg means log base 2.
>>
>> Isn't that lb?
JS> Quoting wikipedia:
JS> "In computer science, the base 2 logarithm is sometimes written as
JS> lg(x) to avoid confusion. This usage was suggested by Edward Reingold
JS> and popularized by Donald Knuth."
There is no out-of-context-unambiguous short notation for log10 and log2
(from the very Wikipedia article). Best, IMHO, is to make notation notes
inside article or use full notation i.e. log<sub>2/10</sub> or just
log2/10.
For example, I've always thinking that "lg" means "log<sub>10</sub>" (as was
taught on high school).
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