Rply
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg24263] Rply
- From: pecar at masfak.masfak.ni.ac.yu (Predrag Rajkovic)
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:10:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Math Forum
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Log[x] is not singlevalued function in complex domain. It is important which branch is chosen. For example, Mathematica gives: In[11]:= Log[E^(1-I)] Out[11]= 1-I But, In[10]:= Log[E^(1-5I)] Out[10]= (1-5 I)+2 I \[Pi] so Log[E^x] is not x.