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7.2 The Transcendentals module

logn

G.f. method

Summary

Returns the logarithm of its argument to the given base.

Signature

logn number, base

Arguments

number

base
A number greater than 1.

Library

common-extensions

Module

transcendentals

Description

Returns the logarithm of number to the base base. If x <= 0 <= 1, an error is signalled. The floating point precision of the result is given by the precision of number. The result is a single-float if number is an integer.

See also

See also log, page 176, and exp, page 175.


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