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The natural logarithm of x is generally written as ln x, log e x, or sometimes, if the base e is implicit, simply log x. [2] [3] Parentheses are sometimes added for clarity, giving ln(x), log e (x), or log(x). This is done particularly when the argument to the logarithm is not a single symbol, so as to prevent ambiguity.
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Plot of the logarithmic integral function li(z) in the complex plane from -2-2i to 2+2i with colors created with Mathematica 13.1 function ComplexPlot3D
For example, the logarithm of 1000 to base 10 is 3, because 1000 is 10 to the 3 rd power: 1000 = 10 3 = 10 × 10 × 10. More generally, if x = b y, then y is the logarithm of x to base b, written log b x, so log 10 1000 = 3. As a single-variable function, the logarithm to base b is the inverse of exponentiation with base b.
Thus, if the random variable X is log-normally distributed, then Y = ln(X) has a normal distribution. [2] [3] Equivalently, if Y has a normal distribution, then the exponential function of Y, X = exp(Y), has a log-normal distribution. A random variable which is log-normally distributed takes only positive real values.
Since the derivative of ln(x) is 1 / x , one makes (ln(x)) part u; since the antiderivative of 1 / x 2 is − 1 / x , one makes 1 / x 2 part v. The formula now yields: The formula now yields:
All instances of log(x) without a subscript base should be interpreted as a natural logarithm, also commonly written as ln(x) or log e (x). In number theory , an arithmetic , arithmetical , or number-theoretic function [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is generally any function whose domain is the set of positive integers and whose range is a subset of the complex ...