Multiple choice

The inventor of logarithm is

  1. Heron

  2. John Napier

  3. Newton

  4. Cantor
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Explanation

John Napier (1554-1617), a Scottish mathematician, published 'Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio' in 1614, inventing logarithms to simplify complex calculations. Logarithms transform multiplication into addition and division into subtraction.

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