From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: My Invention of "Bug Sort".
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:24:01 -0700
Date: 2012-06-21T11:24:01-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jrvos2$29ng$1@adenine.netfront.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2lijhs0vn.fsf@pushface.org>
On 06/20/2012 10:13 PM, Simon Wright wrote:
>
> Isn't there a constant factor between log2(x) and ln(x)? Which is taken
> up in the O?
>
> N = e**x = 2**y
>
> Taking natural logs,
>
> ln N = x = y.ln 2
My mistake. I'd always heard it referred to as log base 2, but as you point out,
the base is irrelevant.
--
Jeff Carter
"Death awaits you all, with nasty, big, pointy teeth!"
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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2012-06-19 7:13 My Invention of "Bug Sort" Austin Obyrne
2012-06-19 11:55 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-06-19 13:01 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-19 22:39 ` ggsub
2012-06-20 8:32 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-20 19:45 ` ggsub
2012-06-20 10:57 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-20 12:47 ` Manuel Collado
2012-06-20 12:51 ` Manuel Collado
2012-06-20 13:13 ` Manuel Collado
2012-06-20 15:17 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-22 20:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-06-20 19:38 ` ggsub
2012-06-20 23:59 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-21 1:17 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2012-06-21 5:13 ` Simon Wright
2012-06-21 7:23 ` Manuel Collado
2012-06-21 11:50 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-21 12:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-06-22 20:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-06-22 21:16 ` Simon Wright
2012-06-26 22:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-06-28 19:05 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-07-03 2:05 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-06-28 20:59 ` Simon Wright
2012-07-03 2:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-07-03 9:47 ` Simon Wright
2012-06-21 18:45 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-06-22 6:52 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-21 15:10 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-06-21 18:24 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2012-06-21 7:24 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-19 22:56 ` Martin Trenkmann
2012-06-20 0:11 ` robin.vowels
2012-06-20 8:51 ` Austin Obyrne
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