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natural_logarithm

natural logarithm

English

Noun

natural logarithm ‎(plural natural logarithms)

(mathematics) The logarithm in base e; either the function that given $x\!$ returns $y\!$ such that $e^{y}=x\!$ or the value of $y\!$ .
The natural logarithm can be used to integrate 1/x.

Synonyms

hyperbolic logarithm, ln, natural log

Related terms

common logarithm
logarithm

Translations

logarithm in base e

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自然對數 (zh), 自然对数 (zh) ‎(zìrán duìshù)
Czech: přirozený logaritmus (cs) m
Finnish: luonnollinen logaritmi
French: logarithme naturel (fr), logarithme népérien (fr)
German: natürlicher Logarithmus m
Hungarian: természetes alapú logaritmus (hu)
Icelandic: náttúrlegur logri m

Japanese: 自然対数 ‎(しぜんたいすう, shizen-taisū)
Macedonian: природен логаритам m ‎(príroden logarítam)
Portuguese: logaritmo natural m
Romanian: logaritm natural m, logaritmi naturali m pl
Russian: натура́льный логари́фм m ‎(naturálʹnyj logarífm)
Serbo-Croatian: prirodni logaritam m
Spanish: logaritmo natural m
Swedish: naturliga logaritmen c
Tagalog: likas na logpaulit

See also

ln