Here x 2 > 0 for all real numbers x. Therefore the equation x 2 = b only has solutions x when b > 0, that is only when b is non-negative. Defining
b½ =sqrt(b)
as the nonnegative real solution of x 2 = b works only if b is positive. …
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Now (a x)y = exp(y ln(a x )) = exp(y x ln(a )) = a yx = a xy Therefore
(a x)y = a xy (Exponential of an exponential)
Now a xay = exp(x ln(a)) · exp(y ln(a) = exp(x ln(a)+y ln(a)) = exp( (x +y )ln(a) ) = a x+y Therefore …
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For x = m/n and a > 0, a x = a m/n = exp( (m/n) ln(a)) = exp( x ln(a)). This suggests putting a x = exp( x ln(a)) for x irrational. Then
a x = exp( x ln(a)) for all real x for a > …
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today I was preparing myself for the math exam that I have for the next week
I learned the exponentional exp(x) and logarithms ln(x) functions
Uniqueness (or 1 to 1) Property:
If a > 0, b> 0 and ln(a) = ln(b) then a = b..
Inversion Properties
ln(exp(x)) = x for all real x
exp(ln(x)) = …
1 January 2010
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