But mathematically, we've mentioned this before, log N or really to be precise, log base 2 of N, is the way you express this mathematically.

但从数学上说，之前我们已经提到过了，准确地说是log，N，以2为底N的对数，这就是它在数学上的表示。

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N 6 Sixteen, so that's 16 times log base 2 of 16 and though I'm writing small here, log base 2 of 16, 16 this gives me 4 'cause 2 to the 4 equals 16.

是多少呢？，Well，，N，is，what？,16，那就是16乘以以2为底16的对数6,在这儿我将2写小一些，以2为底16的对数是4，因为2^4等于。

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Yeah. You're jumping slightly ahead of me, but basically, I'm done when this is equal to 1 right? Because I get down to the base case, so I'm done when b u is over 2 to the k is equal to 1, and you're absolutely right, that's when k is log base 2 of b.

因为这就是最基本的情况了，因此当b/2的k次方等于1的时候就停止了1,你说的太对了，就是k等于b的以2为底的对数的时候,你们都坐的挺靠后的啊，我不知道是不是我讲的不太明白？

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