When I input a -1 and take the ln function for natural logarithm, it returns "Not a Number". I upgraded to 10.13.1 and now the calculator doesn't seem to work correctly.
Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
The natural logarithm function ln(x) is defined only for x>0.
So the natural logarithm of a negative number is undefined.
ln(x) is undefined for x ≤ 0
The natural logarithm function ln(x) is defined only for x>0.
So the natural logarithm of a negative number is undefined.
ln(x) is undefined for x ≤ 0
I'm seeing the same issue... upon entering "1" and "+/-" to invert the sign, pressing e^x gives the result "0" (incorrect).
Doing the same sequence of operations but pressing 10^x yields 0.1, the correct result.
There appears to be an issue with the calculator app.
When I input a -1 and take the ln function for natural logarithm, it returns "Not a Number".
What did you expect?
Works in PCalc and Google
Folks, I misstated the issue as I tried using the ln function to reverse e^x. The real problem is that when I input a -1 and apply the e^x function, it returns "Not a number". This function is defined for x in (-infty, +infty) and so should produce a real value. I played around with the inverse function ln and it seems to work for real valued results of e^x once that works, but e^x seems to work only for positive values. To compute the values I want I have to go thru the rigamarole of calculating e^x for positive values and then inverting it to 1/e^x. That comes out just fine, but what a pain! Try putting -1 into e^x and see what happens!
MarkFly wrote:
To compute the values I want I have to go thru the rigamarole of calculating e^x for positive values and then inverting it to 1/e^x. That comes out just fine, but what a pain! Try putting -1 into e^x and see what happens!
Not sure why it's "a pain". It requires the same number of clicks whether you enter a negative or positive value. Three.
William Tomcanin wrote:
I'm seeing the same issue... upon entering "1" and "+/-" to invert the sign, pressing e^x gives the result "0" (incorrect).
Doing the same sequence of operations but pressing 10^x yields 0.1, the correct result.
There appears to be an issue with the calculator app.
Yes, there is something wrong with the Calculator but .1 is incorrect.
Try this in order.
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0.1 IS the correct result for 10^-1... I think you misunderstood my post.
I've tested this on my other macintosh running Mac OS 10.5.8, and the calculator produces the correct result for e^-1
Interesting that the Calculator app (of all things) would have a problem.
and, FWIW, Spotlight and Siri get it.
...if fact e^x for any negative "x" yields "0" -- definitely a problem with the calculator app!
Well that didn't render correctly. Press the keys in order from right to left.
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As I mentioned, yes, there is a problem with the calculator. The value of 10^-1 has nothing to do with the OP.
Yes, I had indicated that that sequence works in my 2nd message. The app is messed up for sure. Be nice if someone could fix it!
I totally agree. Very annoying. Do you know if Apple is working to fix it?
MarkFly wrote:
I totally agree. Very annoying. Do you know if Apple is working to fix it?
FWIW, Apple does not announce what "fixes" they're working on.
calculator cannot take a natural log of a negative number --states Not a Number
