On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:07:10 -0500, "Dana DeLouis"
wrote:

As a side note, I have been stuck on a Log function for a long time. I've
have experimented with many algorithms and Series expansions, but nothing
that I'm really happy with. For equations of the form FromBase ^j, (j is
increased in a loop) the usual technique is to start with a separate
variable (say t) to hold this number, and on each pass in the
loop...t=t*FromBase. Or something similar.

Ah, how the mind goes. *Many* (35?) years ago, someone introduced me to a
really neat Log algorithm that we implemented in machine language on a 12 bit
machine. Unfortunately, I have neither my notes nor my memory to reproduce it
<sigh


--ron