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  2. Taylor series - Wikipedia

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    The Taylor polynomials for ln(1 + x) only provide accurate approximations in the range −1 < x1. For x > 1, Taylor polynomials of higher degree provide worse approximations. The Taylor approximations for ln(1 + x) (black). For x > 1, the approximations diverge. Pictured is an accurate approximation of sin x around the point x = 0. The ...

  3. Characterizations of the exponential function - Wikipedia

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    Here, the continuity of ln(y) is used, which follows from the continuity of 1/t: ⁡ = ⁡ (+) = ⁡ (+ (/)) (/). Here, the result ln a n = n ln a has been used. This result can be established for n a natural number by induction, or using integration by substitution.

  4. Exponential function - Wikipedia

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    For example, from the differential equation definition, e x e −x = 1 when x = 0 and its derivative using the product rule is e x e −x − e x e −x = 0 for all x, so e x e −x = 1 for all x. From any of these definitions it can be shown that the exponential function obeys the basic exponentiation identity.

  5. Gamma function - Wikipedia

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    The coefficients of the terms with k > 1 of z 1−k in the last expansion are simply where the B k are the Bernoulli numbers. The gamma function also has Stirling Series (derived by Charles Hermite in 1900) equal to [ 43 ] l o g Γ ⁡ ( 1 + x ) = x ( x1 ) 2 ! log ⁡ ( 2 ) + x ( x1 ) ( x − 2 ) 3 !

  6. Euler's constant - Wikipedia

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    Using the same approach, in 2013, M. Ram Murty and A. Zaytseva showed that the generalized Euler constants have the same property, [3] [44] [45] where the generalized Euler constant are defined as = (= ⁡ = ()), where ⁠ ⁠ is a fixed list of prime numbers, () = if at least one of the primes in ⁠ ⁠ is a prime factor of ⁠ ⁠, and ...

  7. List of logarithmic identities - Wikipedia

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    ln(r) is the standard natural logarithm of the real number r. Arg(z) is the principal value of the arg function; its value is restricted to (−π, π]. It can be computed using Arg(x + iy) = atan2(y, x). Log(z) is the principal value of the complex logarithm function and has imaginary part in the range (−π, π].

  8. Doubling time - Wikipedia

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    1.71 For example, with an annual growth rate of 4.8% the doubling time is 14.78 years, and a doubling time of 10 years corresponds to a growth rate between 7% and 7.5% (actually about 7.18%). When applied to the constant growth in consumption of a resource, the total amount consumed in one doubling period equals the total amount consumed in all ...

  9. Natural logarithm - Wikipedia

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    The natural logarithm of x is generally written as ln x, log e x, or sometimes, if the base e is implicit, simply log x. [2] [3] Parentheses are sometimes added for clarity, giving ln(x), log e (x), or log(x). This is done particularly when the argument to the logarithm is not a single symbol, so as to prevent ambiguity.