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.\" Modified 2002-07-27 by Walter Harms
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.\" (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.TH LOG1P 3 2002-07-27 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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log1p \- logarithm of 1 plus argument
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <math.h>
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.BI "double log1p(double " x );
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.BI "float log1pf(float " x );
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.BI "long double log1pl(long double " x );
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Compile with \-std=c99; link with \-lm.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BI log1p( x )
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returns a value equivalent to `log (1 + \fIx\fP)'. It is computed in a way
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that is accurate even if the value of \fIx\fP is near zero.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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BSD, C99.
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The
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.I float
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and
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.I "long double"
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variants are C99 requirements.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR exp (3),
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.BR expm1 (3),
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.BR log (3)
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