natural logarithm

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Synonymes

Napierian logarithm

Traductions

natürlicher Logarithmus

logaritmo natural

natuurlijk logaritme

Étymologie (Anglais)

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

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