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August 9, 2024Physics Education1 citations

Dimensional analysis and logarithmic functions

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JBJeffrey BiermanEKEric Kincanon

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Abstract Students are often confused by units when dealing with a logarithmic function. This is frequently dealt with by stating that the function gives a unitless result. Though correct, it does not address the deeper question of why the logarithm is unitless and how a graphical analysis involving logarithms can lead to unitless results that depend on the original data’s units. This paper explains this by considering the logarithm as a transcendental function and how that relates to the determination of units.

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Bierman et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5cdc0b6db6435875645a1https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ad682b
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