Not all elementary functions can be expressed with exp-minus-log

By Robert Smith All Elementary Functions from a Single Operator is a paper by Andrzej Odrzywołek that has been making rounds on the internet lately, being called everything from a &ldquo;breakthrough&rdquo; to &ldquo;groundbreaking&rdquo;. Some are going as far as to suggest that the entire foundations of computer engineering and machine learning should be re-built as a result of this. The paper…