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Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:18:02 2012 No.4606618 [Reply] [Original]

How come whenever I input "ln x" in Wolfram Alpha it changes it to "log x"?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:18:11 2012 No.4606619 because ln is a log

>>	anon Mon Apr 23 01:21:26 2012 No.4606623 >>4606619 base e********************

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:21:26 2012 No.4606625 its a natural LOG LogNatural log base e of X

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:22:34 2012 No.4606627 whats the fucking deal with that software it seems like a big gimmick to me, but i've never really tried to use it

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:25:58 2012 No.4606630 In higher level math the only really useful log to use is base e.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 23 01:28:15 2012 No.4606635 >>4606630 In numerical analysis the most used log is base 2.