Inverse Functions f ^-1 (y) and the Logarithm x = ln y
70K views · Sep 16, 2010 · Education
Comments · 47
@ramboli4118 · 7 years ago
Less than 40,000 views and only twenty something comments for this beautiful video. I kindda feel it's a shame. For all the mathematicians who had discovered the intrinsic relation between function and its reverse.
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@rdorsey · 14 years ago
"...we can deal with the National Debt, just take it's log."<br>
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@FlipHackingRealEstate · 2 years ago
the last couple minutes is a real treat. he just loves teaching this stuff. we love him.
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@cepson · 11 years ago
"You may have wondered, what was the point of algebra?" Finally, a video that answers the burning question.
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@justinwu3574 · 6 years ago
I hope one day I can meet with prof Strang in person and tell him how thankful I am. This series helps me so much!!
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@mitocw · 10 years ago
+Bushra Monowar That is because he is lecturing in an empty classroom. This was just a special video series that he want to do to help people out with calculus.
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@antonbashkin6706 · 3 years ago
God bless this man, he must be one of the greatest professors if all time
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@thequest369 · 5 years ago
Now I finally know the essence of calculus and it's now all magical and wonderful. All thanks to prof. Gilbert Strang and MIT OpenCourseWare. And also this playlist deserves more views.
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@lukedominick7742 · 7 months ago
This is an all-time classic lecture. Shoutout to Professor Strang for fixing the national debt problem. Never understood what logs actually were before this. Thanks!
@Frogcleaner · 13 years ago
i really think these videos deserve more views.<br>reason is, i believe, that it is a unpopular topic to most people as math is in general.<br>if only they would watch and could appreciate these wonderful lectures.<br>these videos on calculus are probably the best u can find in the internet.<br>time will bring you the views u deserve.<br>again and again thx so much prof. strang
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@bas3995 · 3 years ago
This is an amazing lecture on logarithm and exponential function. It was never taught in this way during my college days that too during the period 1976 to 1979. <br><br>We are extremely grateful to you sir for taking me back in the time machine to those days when sitting amazed in the classroom, silently watching my professor delivering the lectures ( ofcourse no interruptions entertained) and coming out more confused than the previous day. But now is the time for refreshing old memories in my retirement
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@ma2996 · 1 year ago (edited)
Happy New Year 2025 Prof. Strang and MIT! Woohoo!
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