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NAME
ln - logarithm function
SYNOPSIS
ln(x [,eps])
TYPES
x nonzero real or complex
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real or complex
DESCRIPTION
Approximate the natural logarithm function of x by a multiple of
epsilon, the error having absolute value less than 0.75 * eps.
If n is a positive integer, ln(x, 10^-n) will usually be correct
to the n-th decimal place.
EXAMPLE
; print ln(10, 1e-5), ln(10, 1e-10), ln(10, 1e-15), ln(10, 1e-20)
2.30259 2.302585093 2.302585092994046 2.30258509299404568402
; print ln(2+3i, 1e-5), ln(2+3i, 1e-10)
1.28247+0.98279i 1.2824746787+0.9827937232i
LIMITS
x != 0
eps > 0
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qln(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
COMPLEX *c_ln(COMPLEX *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
exp, acosh, asinh, atanh, log
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