natural logarithm

natural logarithm

English

Etymology

From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.

Noun

natural logarithm (plural natural logarithms)

1. (mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that e^y = x, or the value of y given by the function.

   The natural logarithm can be used to integrate ¹⁄_x.

Synonyms

• hyperbolic logarithm
• ln
• Naperian logarithm
• Napierian logarithm

 

Related terms

• common logarithm
• logarithm

 

Translations

logarithm in base e

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Further reading

• Natural logarithm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia