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5 Jul 2024 11:09:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gaussian random numbers  
From: Reusser
Date: 1 Jul 2001 19:10:51
Message: <3B3FACCE.EB5780BF@chorus.net>
Warp wrote:

>   Isn't log(e) equal to 1?

It depends who you ask.  log BASE E of e is one, but pov-ray assumes that the
base is 10.  This gives you 10^x = e, which is something like .434.  I don't
know how it used to be, but now the assumed base of a log is 10.  Looking at
my dad's 1970's textbook, it appears to use e.

 - Rico


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