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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Matthias Klose
  • Date: 2010-03-11 13:30:19 UTC
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.. function:: log(x[, base])
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   Return the logarithm of *x* to the given *base*. If the *base* is not specified,
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   return the natural logarithm of *x* (that is, the logarithm to base *e*).
 
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   With one argument, return the natural logarithm of *x* (to base *e*).
 
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   With two arguments, return the logarithm of *x* to the given *base*,
 
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   calculated as ``log(x)/log(base)``.
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   .. versionchanged:: 2.3
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      *base* argument added.
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.. function:: log10(x)
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   Return the base-10 logarithm of *x*.
 
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   Return the base-10 logarithm of *x*.  This is usually more accurate
 
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   than ``log(x, 10)``.
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.. function:: pow(x, y)
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   The mathematical constant *e*.
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.. note::
 
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.. impl-detail::
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   The :mod:`math` module consists mostly of thin wrappers around the platform C
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   math library functions.  Behavior in exceptional cases is loosely specified