Re: Series[log[x], {x, 0, 3}]
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- Subject: [mg119107] Re: Series[log[x], {x, 0, 3}]
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 06:53:30 -0400 (EDT)
On 5/21/11 at 6:44 AM, hszhao.cn at gmail.com (Hongyi Zhao) wrote:
>I do the following computation within Mathematica:
>Series[log[x], {x, 0, 3}]
>Then I get:
>log[0]+(log^\[Prime])[0] x+1/2 (log^\[Prime]\[Prime])[0] x^2+1/6
>(log^(3)) [0] x^3+O[x]^4
>Any hints on this result? The log[0] is illegal in my mind.
Mathematica is case sensitive. All built-in functions without
exception start with an upper case letter. That is log[x] is a
user defined function that could be anything. Try Log[x] which
is probably what you wanted.