Richard Brodie wrote:
> "Mathias Waack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> BTW, does anybody know why the c-lib offers both log and log1p?
> 
> So you can get a sensible answer computing log(1 + 10 ^ -30). 

Ok, that make sense to me. 

> There's 
> a lot of somewhat obscure mathematical stuff that got into the standard
> C lib. How often do you need Bessel functions?

Maybe each day. What is a Bessel function?;)

Mathias
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