A novel mapping with natural transition from linear to logarithmic scaling

R&D Team |  Publications

Abstract

The area hyperbolic function ArSinh has the interesting property of performing a linear mapping at arguments close to zero and a quasi-logarithmic mapping for large arguments. Further, it works also with a negative abscissa and at the zero-point. The transition from the linear to the logarithmic range is monotonic, so is the transition to the negative range. This paper demonstrates the use of the ArSinh-function in a range of application examples, such as zooming into the display of transfer-functions, sampling of curves with high density at a specific point and a coarse resolution elsewhere. The paper also reviews the linear and logarithmic mapping and discusses the properties of the new ArSinh-mapping.

Panzer, Joerg: A novel mapping with natural transition from linear to logarithmic scaling; 123th AES Convention, New York, Oct 2007, Preprint 7308

A copy of the paper can be downloaded here as pdf-file [275kB]

The original paper is available at the Electronic Library of the AES.

3100