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The 15 pages that link to John Napier, each with the reason it gives.

• Exponential functionRelated: His logarithms made calculations involving exponential relationships more manageable.

• MultiplicationRelated: His calculating rods simplified multiplication by reducing it to table lookup and addition.

• Euler's NumberRelated: His logarithmic work provided historical groundwork for identifying the constant.

• Slide ruleRelated: His logarithms supplied the mathematical foundation for calculating devices based on scaled distances.

• Common logarithmRelated: His work helped establish logarithms as a practical aid to calculation.

• Discrete logarithmRelated: His logarithms supplied the classical analogy behind naming the discrete problem.

• Decimal separatorRelated: His publications helped spread the use of a point to mark decimal fractions.

• Napier's bonesRelated: He designed and published the calculating rods that bear his name.

• Edmund GunterRelated: Napier’s invention made logarithmic instruments such as Gunter’s possible.

• Henry BriggsRelated: Napier’s original system inspired Briggs to propose the base-10 form now called common logarithms.

• William OughtredRelated: Napier’s logarithms supplied the mathematical basis for Oughtred’s calculating rules.

• Mathematical constantRelated: The development of logarithms helped establish the mathematical role of e.

• NeperRelated: The unit's name honors the mathematician whose work established logarithms.

• Jost BürgiCompared with: Napier’s independent publication shaped the conventional attribution of logarithms.

• Sherwood WashburnRelated: Napier’s anatomical work complemented Washburn’s effort to connect primate form, behavior, and evolution.