Logarithm/Talk

This may be outdated, so maybe not worth mentioning in the main article, but I've seen this convention used:

• log == log₁₀
•  ln == log_e
•  lg == log₂

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That convention is still commonly used, especially outside of math. In pure mathematics, ln is virtually the only logarithm used, and (especially in number theory) people write log instead of ln. This has bugged me for a long time, because people even use log in the statement of the prime number theorem without saying which base they're using!

I would hope that in the wikipedia, we always use ln for the natural logarithm; the other two, when they are needed, should be accompanied with a half-sentence explanation.

And yes, I think this is definitely worth mentioning. --AxelBoldt