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LOG1P(3)                      Linux Programmer's Manual                      LOG1P(3)

NAME         top

       log1p, log1pf, log1pl -  logarithm of 1 plus argument

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>

       double log1p(double x);
       float log1pf(float x);
       long double log1pl(long double x);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       log1p(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 ||
       _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
       log1pf(), log1pl(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 ||
       _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION         top

       log1p(x) returns a value equivalent to

           log (1 + x)

       It is computed in a way that is accurate even if the value of x is near zero.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, these functions return the natural logarithm of (1 + x).

       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.

       If x is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned.

       If x is -1, a pole error occurs, and the functions return -HUGE_VAL,
       -HUGE_VALF, or -HUGE_VALL, respectively.

       If x is less than -1 (including negative infinity), a domain error occurs, and
       a NaN (not a number) is returned.

ERRORS         top

       See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has
       occurred when calling these functions.

       The following errors can occur:

       Domain error: x is less than -1
              An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised.

       Pole error: x is -1
              A divide-by-zero floating-point exception (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised.

       These functions do not set errno.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

       exp(3), expm1(3), log(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2008-08-05                             LOG1P(3)