natural logarithm
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Etymology edit
From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.
Noun edit
natural logarithm (plural natural logarithms)
- (mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.
- The natural logarithm can be used to integrate 1⁄x.
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logarithm in base e
Further reading edit
- Natural logarithm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia