Accession Number:

AD0652000

Title:

QUADRATIC APPROXIMATION OF THE LOGARITHMIC FUNCTION.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION CHINA LAKE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Dunn,Eldon L.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

Methods of fitting quadratic expressions to the function y 20 log x between x 0.5 and x 100 are described. The resulting quadratics are useful in simplifying the solution of certain transcendental equations by reducing them to algebraic equations. Author

Descriptors:

• (*FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• MATHEMATICS)
• (*ACOUSTICS
• EQUATIONS)
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS
• ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
• TABLES(DATA)

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE