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[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] mkwarman@lemmy.mkwarman.com 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"ln(x)" is another way of writing log sub e of x https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_logarithm

The "ln" of the "you son of a bitch. I'm ln" is referencing that identity

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

ln(x) (I believe abbreviated from the french logarithme naturel) is the same as the logarithm of x base e (log~e~(y))

Edit: ~subscript~ doesn't seem to work for me on Jerboa but I'm keeping it as it is

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Checking if ~thunder~ can subscript...

Edit: Nope, it can't...

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that superscript is using ^circumflex^

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Huh you are right. It only works on the web frontend, not on the mobile apps.

[–] zzzz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 1 year ago

It's also called logarithme népérien, for Jonh Napier, mathematician who discovered a lot of the properties of the logarithmic function.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago