In(x) Closed Form Formula: Does It Exist?

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Does there exist a closed form formula for in(x)?
 
You can get an arbitrarily good approximation with the Taylor series representation of [itex]ln(x)[/itex] by integrating term by term the sequence form of [itex]1/x[/itex].
 
Mark44 said:
Typo? You have in instead of ln (lowercase "ell").
Ya In(x) is what I mean
 
Topolfractal said:
Does there exist a closed form formula for in(x)?

What do you mean with closed formula? What functions are you allowed to use?
 
Ln(x) has a singularity at x = 0, so you can't have a Taylor series around 0.