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Mantissa (floating Point Number)
Mantissa () may refer to: * Mantissa (logarithm), the fractional part of the common (base-10) logarithm * Significand (also commonly called mantissa), the significant digits of a floating-point number or a number in scientific notation * Mantissa (band) * ''Mantissa'' (novel), a 1982 novel by John Fowles * Mantissa College * ''De anima libri mantissa'', sometimes simply referred as ''Mantissa'', treatise attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias Alexander of Aphrodisias (; AD) was a Peripatetic school, Peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek Commentaries on Aristotle, commentators on the writings of Aristotle. He was a native of Aphrodisias in Caria and liv ... {{disambig Mathematics disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantissa (logarithm)
In mathematics, the common logarithm (aka "standard logarithm") is the logarithm with base 10. It is also known as the decadic logarithm, the decimal logarithm and the Briggsian logarithm. The name "Briggsian logarithm" is in honor of the British mathematician Henry Briggs who conceived of and developed the values for the "common logarithm". Historically', the "common logarithm" was known by its Latin name ''logarithmus decimalis'' or ''logarithmus decadis''. The mathematical notation for using the common logarithm is , , or sometimes with a capital ; on calculators, it is printed as "log", but mathematicians usually mean natural logarithm (logarithm with base ≈ 2.71828) rather than common logarithm when writing "log". Before the early 1970s, handheld electronic calculators were not available, and mechanical calculators capable of multiplication were bulky, expensive and not widely available. Instead, tables of base-10 logarithms were used in science, engineering and navig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Significand
The significand (also coefficient, sometimes argument, or more ambiguously mantissa, fraction, or characteristic) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits. For negative numbers, it does not include the initial minus sign. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fractional number, which may cause the term "mantissa" to be misleading, since the ''mantissa'' of a logarithm is always its fractional part. Although the other names mentioned are common, ''significand'' is the word used by IEEE 754, an important technical standard for floating-point arithmetic. In mathematics, the term "argument" may also be ambiguous, since "the argument of a number" sometimes refers to the length of a circular arc from 1 to a number on the unit circle in the complex plane. Example The number 123.45 can be represented as a decimal floati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantissa (band)
Mantissa were an Australian hard rock band which formed as Killing Time in 1989. Killing Time included Nina Grant on bass guitar and vocals, Chris Paine on guitar, and Adam Pringle on lead vocals. In February 1991 they issued an extended play, ''Ruby's Mind'', which reached the Top 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Their ''Dream Alone'' (March 1992) extended play, peaked in the Top 30. Killing Time supported national tours by Jane's Addiction, Mudhoney, Scatterbrain and Baby Animals. In August 1992 Killing Time changed their name to Mantissa and followed with their debut album, ''Mossy God'', in October on Red Eye Records / Polydor Records, which appeared in the Top 50 ARIA Albums Chart. Their second album, ''Thirst'', appeared in August 1995 and the group disbanded in 1996. History Mantissa had formed in 1989 as Killing Time in Melbourne with Nina Grant (ex-Good and Evil) on bass guitar and vocals; Chris Paine (Utter Stench) on guitar; Adam Pringle (Compressed H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantissa (novel)
''Mantissa'' is a novel by British author John Fowles published in 1982. It consists entirely of a presumably imaginary dialogue in a writer's head, between himself and an embodiment of the Muse Erato, after he wakes amnesiac in a hospital bed. Critical reception ''Mantissa'' was Fowles' only novel to receive generally negative reviews. The ''New York Times'' called it "a surprisingly tedious novel," asserting that it was little more than Fowles' response to critics that he felt misunderstood his work. The ''Boston Globe'' named it "an idiotic story." ''Time'' magazine, in a more positive review, asserted that the book consists of a sort of intellectual play between Fowles and the reader, or by Fowles at the expense of all reading. The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' likewise identified the book as intellectually playful but found the dialogue tiresome. Dave Langford reviewed ''Mantissa'' for ''White Dwarf A white dwarf is a Compact star, stellar core remnant composed mostly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantissa College
Mantissa College is a private educational establishment founded in 1999 with approval from the Malaysia Education ministry. History The institute was founded in 1999 as an IT college and is wholly owned by PMI Education Sdn. Bhd (Reg No. 629638V). International presence Internationally, Mantissa Diploma courses are articulated with 40 universities from United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Taiwan (Ming Chuan University) and China (Henan University Henan University (HENU; ) is a provincial public university in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, Henan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Henan and co-funded with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Const ...). Courses offered * Certificate in English Language (CIEL) * Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) * Bachelor of Business Administration * International Executive Master in Business Administration Programme (IEMBA) * Doctorate of Business Administrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Of Aphrodisias
Alexander of Aphrodisias (; AD) was a Peripatetic school, Peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek Commentaries on Aristotle, commentators on the writings of Aristotle. He was a native of Aphrodisias in Caria and lived and taught in Athens at the beginning of the 3rd century, where he held a position as head of the Peripatetic school. He wrote many commentaries on the works of Aristotle, extant are those on the ''Prior Analytics'', ''Topics (Aristotle), Topics'', ''Meteorology (Aristotle), Meteorology'', ''Sense and Sensibilia (Aristotle), Sense and Sensibilia'', and ''Metaphysics (Aristotle), Metaphysics''. Several original treatises also survive, and include a work ''On Fate'', in which he argues against the Stoicism, Stoic doctrine of necessity; and one ''On the Soul''. His commentaries on Aristotle were considered so useful that he was styled, by way of pre-eminence, "the commentator" (). Life and career Alexander was a native of Aphrodisias in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
