Write a number as
then is the Napierian logarithm of . This was the original definition of a Logarithm, and can be
given in terms of the modern Logarithm as
The Napierian logarithm decreases with increasing numbers and does not satisfy many of the fundamental properties of the
modern Logarithm, e.g.,
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1999-05-25