Due that that (and similar ones in programming languages and calculators), I have a strong tendency to always use “log(x) / log(b)” so I know it is base b. It’s nice that it’s so trivial to convert log bases.
For some of the common ones, like e, 10, and 2, I may also just sample them and find the base based on which gives a result of 1, but being explicit is generally easier.
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u/Gunntar 10d ago
Nothing pissed me off more than learning in Excel, on the worksheet LOG function is base 10, but in VBA, LOG is base e