How (and why) to take a logarithm of an image

3Blue1Brown · 2.3M views · 2026 · 44:52

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Recreational & visual mathother

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Explains the mathematical concept of taking logarithms of images using complex analysis and Escher's art as a visual guide.

Linked by 17 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including lmu.edu, waxy.org, data.coop, betacat.io, chuhaix.com.

Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including Print Gallery (M. C. Escher).