>Given that in my experience mathematicians use "log" rather than "ln" I really don't know anyone but statisticians who do that. Everyone in my department (mat

>Given that in my experience mathematicians use "log" rather than "ln" I really don't know anyone but statisticians who do that. Everyone in my department (mathematics) and ever I've ever worked with has always used just "ln" for the natural logarithm. Why wouldn't you, it's one less character?