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Group: Mathematical Functions
Topic: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
See also: exp expm1 log log10

Function: log1p
Description: log1p computes the natural logarithm of (1+x) accurately even for tiny x.

Usage: z = log1p (x)
Input:
x array
Output:
z array

Note:

Example:
log1p(0:5)

Result:
Contents of log1p

[1,]        0
[2,]  0.69315
[3,]   1.0986
[4,]   1.3863
[5,]   1.6094
[6,]   1.7918
Example:
expm1(0:5)

Result:
Contents of expm1

[1,]        0
[2,]   1.7183
[3,]   6.3891
[4,]   19.086
[5,]   53.598
[6,]   147.41



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