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Base.log — Function.
log(b,x)

Compute the base b logarithm of x. Throws DomainError for negative Real arguments.

Examples

julia> log(4,8)
1.5

julia> log(4,2)
0.5

julia> log(-2, 3)
ERROR: DomainError with -2.0:
log will only return a complex result if called with a complex argument. Try log(Complex(x)).
Stacktrace:
 [1] throw_complex_domainerror(::Symbol, ::Float64) at ./math.jl:31
[...]

julia> log(2, -3)
ERROR: DomainError with -3.0:
log will only return a complex result if called with a complex argument. Try log(Complex(x)).
Stacktrace:
 [1] throw_complex_domainerror(::Symbol, ::Float64) at ./math.jl:31
[...]
Note

If b is a power of 2 or 10, log2 or log10 should be used, as these will typically be faster and more accurate. For example,

julia> log(100,1000000)
2.9999999999999996

julia> log10(1000000)/2
3.0
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log(x)

Compute the natural logarithm of x. Throws DomainError for negative Real arguments. Use complex negative arguments to obtain complex results.

Examples

julia> log(2)
0.6931471805599453

julia> log(-3)
ERROR: DomainError with -3.0:
log will only return a complex result if called with a complex argument. Try log(Complex(x)).
Stacktrace:
 [1] throw_complex_domainerror(::Symbol, ::Float64) at ./math.jl:31
[...]
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log(A{T}::StridedMatrix{T})

If A has no negative real eigenvalue, compute the principal matrix logarithm of A, i.e. the unique matrix $X$ such that $e^X = A$ and $-\pi < Im(\lambda) < \pi$ for all the eigenvalues $\lambda$ of $X$. If A has nonpositive eigenvalues, a nonprincipal matrix function is returned whenever possible.

If A is symmetric or Hermitian, its eigendecomposition (eigen) is used, if A is triangular an improved version of the inverse scaling and squaring method is employed (see [AH12] and [AHR13]). For general matrices, the complex Schur form (schur) is computed and the triangular algorithm is used on the triangular factor.

[AH12]

Awad H. Al-Mohy and Nicholas J. Higham, "Improved inverse scaling and squaring algorithms for the matrix logarithm", SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 34(4), 2012, C153-C169. doi:10.1137/110852553

[AHR13]

Awad H. Al-Mohy, Nicholas J. Higham and Samuel D. Relton, "Computing the Fréchet derivative of the matrix logarithm and estimating the condition number", SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 35(4), 2013, C394-C410. doi:10.1137/120885991

Examples

julia> A = Matrix(2.7182818*I, 2, 2)
2×2 Array{Float64,2}:
 2.71828  0.0
 0.0      2.71828

julia> log(A)
2×2 Array{Float64,2}:
 1.0  0.0
 0.0  1.0
log(message::Union{String,Symbol,Number,Exception}, level::Union{String,Symbol} = :debug; showst = false) :: Nothing

Logs message to all registered logger, taking into account the log level.

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