Justin Harford wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am just starting in on logarithms in math and i noticed that maxima,
> if you write something like
>
> log(2)
>
> it takes it as base 10.
Are you sure. My Maxima does this in base 2
any way you can get the log to any base by doing:
log(10)/log(3)
this will give you the base 3 log of 10
doug
> Is there a way to change the base? And can I
> make it do e? 2.718 or \ln ?
>
>
>
> Regards
> Justin Harford
>
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> looked awhile, pondering his voyage
>
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