Mathematical table
TABLE USED TO QUICKLY EVALUATE MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS
Mathematical Table; Logarithm tables; Table of logarithms; Log table; Log tables; Mathematical Tables; Mathematical tables; Trigonometrical table; Logarithmic table; Table of haversines
Mathematical tables are lists of numbers showing the results of a calculation with varying arguments. Trigonometric tables were used in ancient Greece and India for applications to astronomy and celestial navigation, and continued to be widely used until electronic calculators became cheap and plentiful, in order to simplify and drastically speed up computation.