Introduction to Logarithms (1 of 2: Definition)

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[@Mohammed-pe6oy]

Eddie, you need to stop teaching students, and start teaching teachers all over the world on 'how to teach math' - loved it.

[@pixiedust838]

I agree! This helped me so much and will be a great approach to help younger students learning powers too

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Agree! Eddie, wish you started making videos back in 97. Anyway, no better time to start and learn concepts that frightened me back in the days!

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I'm a math teacher, I look at these videos to learn how to teach the topic rather than the material

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Teach students as they will be future teachers

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You are the first teacher that made me actually visualize the logarithmic conception. Wow

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@@gomatichoudhary5537 u are supposed to figure that out urself if u are indian. dont be stupid.

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No matter how many times I try and understand logarithms, it's really confusing, I couldn't even understand how the concept worked. But Mr Eddie here made it crystal clear in just 2 videos, the world needs better teachers like him.

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@_ Shyeoran Math is an interesting subject yet unique to everyone. It all depends on what you think of it, math topics are just there to guide you not to make you successful in it. A lot of people forget that mathematics is the foundation of many concepts and if you develop that sense to understand the structure behind that concept. Then it will more likely help you in the future.

[@preetiraut787]

Made me to visualize too! I'm in tears :')

[@suntzuwu]

For the first time, "X raised to the power of 0 =1" makes sense. Thank you!

[@rhpmike]

I was a tutor for the math portion of the SAT and this is the first time I've actually understood why this is true.

[@Sakshi-xo7jr]

Can y'all explain it please. I still didn't get it, in my head i still think it ought to be zero

[@Komo-en8dn]

@@Sakshi-xo7jrlet x and y be any number x^y/x^y = 1 because they are the same number x^y/x^y = x^y-y =x^0 x^0 = 1

[@arcs4243]

@@Sakshi-xo7jr so think of his explanation like this. Say you have 1 apple in your hand and this apple will double every 1 hour. It means that at 1 hour from now, you will have 2 apples, and 2 hours from now you will have 4 apples. Now ask yourself how many apples was in your hand right now? Currently it is at 0 hours. Therefore the power of 0 equals 1 apple since no growth has happened.

[@Sakshi-xo7jr]

@@arcs4243 oh now i get it! thanks for taking time to explain!!

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I'm stealing this explanation to teach my class tomorrow.

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Me too. And I don’t teach! And if I did, it would be fishing related. But I’d still explain this because I can now.

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I hope you credited Eddie, though.

[@inkuban]

This dude demystified an ancient magic. He proved most people who taught logarithms did not actually know what they were teaching.

[@Christopher._M]

He basically used a simple real world application and taught. Unfortunately some teachers are just lazy and don't feel like they get paid enough to put in this effort. That or they truly don't full understand the concepts themselves and just repeat what they have been taught.

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@@Christopher._M More often the second one

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he is young and thus enthusiastic about his subject. a few years down the line due to being underpaid, stressed with extra bs, office politics, he too will stop giving a damn and so will any other person. there are deep faults in the education system that no one wants to address.

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His way of teaching is very much interesting.And obviously 100 times better than any other teacher.Really helpful

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I have watched his videos, and I notice that he really does what common core purports to do with math (show students “how the gears turn”).

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

I’m 52 so this is 36 years too late. First time I’ve listened to Logs explained like this.

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Never too late !

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[@hkrumble]

Thank you, Eddie! This is the best explanation I've heard of logarithms and it's all clear to me now.

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I love that you actually care about the students. I wish my teacher would look up different explanations or at least bother to modify her orthodox, stubborn and jargon-filled method of throwing definitions at us.

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I have been a maths teacher for over 20 years, and I must admit I have never thought of that elegant and intuitive way of explaining negative powers and the power 0. Thank you for the inspiration!

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One of the best explanation of Logarithms I have seen in my whole life. I wish I had you as a math teacher in my younger days. I am 64 today.

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[@milandas2128]

Sir nobody explained logaritms to me in such a beautiful way. I can now really visualize logs. A big THANK YOU to you SIR!!!!!

[@rameshemv]

Wow! This is the Aha moment for me. The Growth Rate/Time is the best analogy so far to introduce Logarithms. Thank you for making it so simple and "obvious"!

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I have never ever ever EVER understood logarithms or even exponentials SO CLEARLY and so fucking elegantly and deeply until this very simple, elegant, coherent explanation. Why has no one ever told me this before? Instead of the mind-numbing approach of 'this is the definition, remember it', you actually told a story--the way maths SHOULD be taught, and, conicidentally, the best way for me to learn anything. I am a 27 year old physicist going for my master's, and you're the first person to ever explain this concept so beautifully. Seriously, thanks. I became a better physicist because of you tonight. Also, I can't believe KZbin never recommended you before. What a shame.

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[@daverumpel]

Wow! I'm a programmer, and I've had situations where I used logarithms. But I never truly understood the meaning of logarithms till now. You're a god!

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What you were programming back then?

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[@pauligrossinoz]

Now _that's_ an inspired way to describe the relationship between exponentials and logs: *Time spent in a doubling / tripling machine, where the double means base-2 and triple means base-3.* _Brilliant!_ 👍👍👍👍

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[@Mellomellody]

Oh my god. In my whole life I've been confused about logarithms all along until I meet this video today. Thank you so much.

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[@Matt-sc6gg]

Dang, this explanation was the best!! Thanks, Eddie sir! What a beautiful analogy to teach logs! Loved it! This is gonna help me so much in computer programming, I'm watching the entire log series you made! Thanks again!

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Best explanation in my entry life! Never I had tell the background, why we need logarithm or why we need exponents and all the stuff. Never saw that in the perspective of growth rate and time. Please God, let this men be a International teacher for every single school and fire all the rest!

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This explanation cleared everything up for me. Thanks.

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[@robear888]

This is the clearest explanation of logs and exponents that I've seen. I wish that I had this when I was coming up through the ranks. Well done sir!

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Eddie, I have been in many different math courses over multiple universities and this is by far the best explanation of logarithms I have yet to hear. We need more teachers like you! I completely agree with the comment stating you need to teach teachers. Thank you for sharing.

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3:14 good voice modulation (made my day)

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I'm a civil engineer who enjoyed maths at tertiary and beyond. I must say, this is the best log explanation I've ever encountered! I feel like i never understood logs until now.

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never ever I have grasped a concept so easily, thank you so much

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That’s actually 4 months of this school year‘s mathematics in less than 8min

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brother you've saved my life. i can't even begin to thank you for teaching this in such a simple manner! thank you!

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I watched every video before this ....and did'nt get a single idea of to what it was....now i have every idea of to what it is ...you're like the best teacher

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I can't find full course of exponentials, can u send it to me if u did find it? I feel like I need to see it before this.

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[@xXRandomPianoXx]

D T I live in the states, so I guess American schools? But personally, I think I just have a hard time with math in general mostly having to due with lack of practice

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This is the best explanation of logarithms I’ve ever seen. I wish this video was around waaaaay back when I was in high school. My teacher did not do a good job introducing this concept to us.

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This is such a good explanation, omg! Thank you so so much! Such a helpful way to look at it. I didn’t even have to force myself to connect the pieces together, it was so effortless! You did a really really great job!

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The best way to explain a tough subject as logarithms I’ve ever seen in my life 😍✌🏻

[@RonK]

What an absolute lightbulb moment. Stunning. Thanks !!

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Whenever i watch you teaching like this it brings smile on my face. It looks how easy Math is when you teach and how i was getting scared of math when i was in school because of wrong teaching methodology.

[@anthonyamrozowicz1161]

I have 2 math degrees and i dont think i ever understood logs as well as this man taught them. A good teacher makes a huge difference

[@trustsfundbaby7344]

I think it might be helpful for some students to show that logarithms are to exponents as division is to multiplication. They both are asking what did you either raise or multiply a number by to get an answer. So recall 10/2 = 5, but how exactly did we do that? We had to determine what we had to multiply 2 by to get 10. So logarithms are very similar to that. So for log base 2 of 1024 is 10, but how did we do that? Well we had to determine what we had to raise, instead of multiple, 2 by to get 1024.

[@parthnaik1838]

Well explained

[@MA-bm9jz]

Corey Smith you mean if you do lnx°e^x=x since they are inverses in the group of all bijective functions, just like multiplication and division in the real numbers monoid

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Mr. Woo, you are the best. Love your videos, explanations, and your personality. It makes learning enjoyable! Thank you!

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Keep up your good work

[@ysk249]

I'm very embarrassed to tell you that I majored in Math 25 years ago and I've always loathed the mathematician who invented logarithms and made my college life miserable. I really didn't understand the concept of logarithms until now. Thank you for answering my question and making my life great again!

[@Lena-N.N]

Eddie, you are a Great teacher, you are the first teacher that made me understand the basics of logarithms. I mean it was so clear. Thanks

[@MrStickWar]

You DID NOT just give me a way to understand logs after cluelessly using them for years….. my hero!

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Wait how

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[@gogobram]

I'm 36, and have a master in industrial engineering, always been fond of mathematics, ... and I have to say that this is the BEST explanation that I've ever seen of this topic.

[@JohnnyGuitar1]

What a great teacher! Thank you Eddie Woo.

[@outtabubblegum7034]

So it's basically: 2^x = 32 And the log finds the x.

[@raamanujan2113]

Yeah, pretty much

[@daniahsattar6838]

You abbreviated this video and my whole life 😂💜 thank you

[@aryamanverma644]

Wait at 6:16 the logs are kinda like the speed equation in which the growth rate is speed and final product is distance and time is well time

[@davidgreen4074]

You are a legend. Simple, and clear explanation. Thanks.

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You really are the math teacher I wish I had. I hated math all my life, till now. Never thought math would be so much fun. Best math teacher in the world. Thank you so so so so much.

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Eddie your way of teaching is very interesting that makes any one who has not got a complete knowledge about Math to understand very quickly. Hoping all Math Teachers will follow your way of teaching.

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What a way of teaching, cool , no one explain in such a easy way. Keep sharing.

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Logarithms finally make sense. I am completely stunned at that method of teaching. If only I'd a golden buzzer I'd definitely give that for u

[@binpatel6105]

best explanation ever ... great way to visualize log concept......Thanks sir KUDOS!!!

[@Alterknits]

Thank you so much for this! I start my first Biochemistry lesson this morning and I haven’t done maths or chemistry for 23 years, and had no idea what a log was! This makes everything so much clearer!!

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Hope you still doing well with your classes!!!

[@miketrotman9720]

This was great! I love his approach to starting with a definition.

[@dressa4272]

Wow! this is the most clear explanation I ever seen in my life. Thank you!

[@davidsaechao4806]

This is probably one of the best videos I've seen on Logs

[@sancop]

My goodness!!! I love math as much as anything on Earth (other than my family) but the ONE concept that I’ve never fully grasped was the concept of was logs (and exponentials...must’ve missed the intro in my first college level class.). I am blown away at your explanation!! It FINALLY hit me like nothing ever did!! Thank you!! You are so gifted!

[@max4865]

These examples and analogies are nothing short of excellent

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The Best explanation I have ever seen. Dude you are a GENIUS at explaining. I listened to it and enjoyed it as well.

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You are a great teacher ..you made me understand logarithm better than any other teacher.

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Just the insight I needed, it reaaaaaaally helped me, awesome job.

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[@davidmoreland8070]

Eddie, wish I had you as maths teacher in 1967 to 69. My basic understanding would have been much clearer despite doing an engineering degree at Uni later. Excellent.

[@belongtorock]

Eddie. You've completely changed my view of Mathematics. Thank you.

[@venussavaliya3379]

I wish my teacher explained it this way I kind of knew from the internet but your example is the best way to learn logarithms Thanks very much, mate.👍🏻

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This explanation was just brilliant. Thank you so much !

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What you can not visualise, can not understand. You got the concept visualised very well. Thank you sir

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Amazing! You teach so well!!

[@NotAGerman]

She couldn't ram this exact concept of "why it's like that" for so long, and this king did it in 7 minutes and 52 seconds.

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I can't thank you enough sir. you are such a good teacher I have ever seen before specially mathematics. Till now only your teaching style made me to realize mathematics is interesting subject. The minute detail you cover in your teaching made me to write this comment... Thank you for making these videos

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I always forget to click the like button. Every single video of yours gets me overwhelmed at the end! I'll try to develop a habit of liking before watching. This is simply amazing.

[@buellterrier3596]

Bachelor’s degree in Physics here, but this is by far the best Math teacher I’ve never had. I’m still learning from you Mr. Woo.

[@KarlBonner1982]

These math videos are the best on KZbin. He looks for the most intuitive and conceptual way to explain just about any topic. Plus, Eddie is super handsome! 😁

[@jermaineclarke4298]

I cant imagine the rate the human species would grow if all teachers taught with this level of passion,intuition, knowledge and dedication. Truly a job spectacularly done...

[@monkphat9113]

Thank you so much Eddie, your 7.52 mins video made me clearly understand this concept which I have hard time grasping it for more than 15 years!!! ...and yes, I agree with the previous comment that you should teach teachers how to teach math.

[@loveshchitte]

Speechless!! Man this was awesome❣️