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29 .TH LOG1P 3 2014-02-28 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
31 log1p, log1pf, log1pl \- logarithm of 1 plus argument
36 .BI "double log1p(double " x );
38 .BI "float log1pf(float " x );
40 .BI "long double log1pl(long double " x );
46 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
47 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
53 _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500 ||
54 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
55 _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L;
64 _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
65 _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L;
73 returns a value equivalent to
79 It is computed in a way
80 that is accurate even if the value of
84 On success, these functions return the natural logarithm of
94 is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned.
98 is \-1, a pole error occurs,
99 and the functions return
108 is less than \-1 (including negative infinity),
109 a domain error occurs,
110 and a NaN (not a number) is returned.
111 .\" POSIX.1 specifies a possible range error if x is subnormal
112 .\" glibc 2.8 doesn't do this
116 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
117 when calling these functions.
119 The following errors can occur:
121 Domain error: \fIx\fP is less than \-1
125 An invalid floating-point exception
129 Pole error: \fIx\fP is \-1
133 A divide-by-zero floating-point exception
137 These functions do not set
139 .\" FIXME . Is it intentional that these functions do not set errno?
140 .\" log(), log2(), log10() do set errno
141 .\" Bug raised: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6792
143 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
149 functions are thread-safe.