NAME log - base 10 logarithm SYNOPSIS log(x [,eps]) TYPES x nonzero real or complex eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon() return real or complex DESCRIPTION Approximate the base 10 logarithm function of x by a multiple of epsilon, the error having absolute value less than 0.75 * eps. If y is a positive integer, log(x, 10^-y) will usually be correct to the y-th decimal place. EXAMPLE ; print log(10), log(100), log(1e10), log(1e500) 1 2 10 500 ; print log(128), log(23209), log(2^17-19) ~2.10720996964786836649 ~4.36565642852838930424 ~5.11744696704937330414 ; print log(2+3i, 1e-5) ~0.55696845725899964822+~0.42681936428109216144i LIMITS x != 0 eps > 0 LINK LIBRARY NUMBER *qlog(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps) COMPLEX *c_log(COMPLEX *x, NUMBER *eps) SEE ALSO ilog, ilogn, ilog10, ilog2, ln, log2, logn ## Copyright (C) 2006 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ## ## Under source code control: 2006/05/06 23:56:04 ## File existed as early as: 2006 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/