calculator cannot take a natural log of a negative number --states Not a Number

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)

Posted on Nov 15, 2017 6:50 PM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2017 6:54 PM

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

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