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alijan kk
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Homework Statement
1/loga(e) = loge(a)
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
how they are reciprocals of each other ? is their any longer but intuative way to show this result
yes sir i mean thatphyzguy said:I think you mean:
[tex]\frac{1}{\log_a(e)} = \log_e(a)[/tex]
alijan kk said:how they are reciprocals of each other ? is their any longer but intuative way to show this result
Along the lines of Dick's hint are these relationships:alijan kk said:Homework Statement
Prove that[/B] 1/loga(e) = loge(a)
Here is a way that I like to remember it. When I see ##y = \log_a(x) ## and want to convert it to something like ##x = a^y,## I use this to help remember.Mark44 said:There's an important part missing from your problem statement:
Along the lines of Dick's hint are these relationships:
##y = \log_a(x) \Leftrightarrow x = a^y##
I.e., the two equations are equivalent: any pair of values (x, y) that satisfies the first equation also satisfies the second equation, and vice versa.
Not only that -- a logarithm is by definition an exponent. Specifically, ##\log_a(x)## represents the exponent on a that produces x.scottdave said:The log is equivalent to the exponent.
It wasn't stated in the first post, but the equation is an identity. Yes, it is true for all a > 0, and e is "the natural number," approximately 2.718.Gene Naden said:I think the relation in the problem statement is true for all positive real a and e.
It's not difficult to prove. Let ##y = \log_a(e)##. This is equivalent to the equation ##e = a^y##. Substitute for e in the expression on the left side of the original equation, ##\frac 1 {log_a(e)}##, and within a couple of steps you end up with the expression on the right side.Gene Naden said:I found this rather difficult to prove.
A natural logarithm (ln) is a mathematical function that calculates the exponent needed to produce a given number, using the base number e as the logarithm's base. It is the inverse of the exponential function, where the base number e is raised to a given power.
The relationship between natural logarithms and their reciprocals is that they are the inverse of each other. In other words, the natural logarithm of a number is equal to the negative reciprocal of the number's reciprocal. For example, ln(2) = -1/2 and ln(1/2) = -2.
To calculate the reciprocal of a natural logarithm, you can simply take the negative exponent of the natural logarithm. For example, the reciprocal of ln(3) is 1/3 and the reciprocal of ln(1/4) is 4.
The relationship between natural logarithms and their reciprocals is useful in many areas of science and mathematics, such as in solving exponential growth and decay problems, calculating interest rates, and in analyzing data that follows a logarithmic pattern.
Understanding the relationship between natural logarithms and their reciprocals can help in solving complex equations by allowing for the simplification of equations involving logarithmic functions. By using the properties of logarithms, such as the power rule and the product rule, equations can be rearranged and simplified to make them easier to solve.