His custom title says "logarithm", when we all know that it is a lie. He is misleading us from his true identity. Snorkel is no more than a simple algorithm.
(http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Mathematics/18-04Complex-Variables-with-ApplicationsFall1999/642EF324-CF21-463A-A93F-65399B7D1A53/0/riem_log_ZH.GIF)
Oh god, I hate logarithms, and now we're doing derivitives with them edumacate;