Order of magnitude? Thinking out loud.
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strawberry@kbin.run 2 months agoorder? how does that make sense? brackets alright ig
blackluster117@possumpat.io 2 months ago
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months ago
You have the right idea, and you are right in some regards. Generally the order of magnitude is an order of 10. That is, 1350 could be represented as 1.350×10³, so the order of magnitude is the third order of 10, which is 10³ (aka thousands).
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 months ago
Order of magnitude?
It’s actually short for “to the order of”, as in 2 squared is 2 to the order of 2. i.e. same thing as Exponent or Index.
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 months ago
order?
It’s actually short for “to the order of”, as in 2 squared is 2 to the order of 2. i.e. same thing as Exponent or Index.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Order is often used to describe exponents when talking about functions and other mathematical properties. In a lot of cases, it’s also equivalent to a degree. For example, a function y = x² - 9 is a second-order/degree function of x. Alternatively, the second-order derivative of f is f’', aka it has been derived twice.