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blackrabbit
4457 days ago
Can anyone explain why this is a valid operation?
http://wp.com/latex.php?latex=\lim_{x%20\to%200^{+}}%20x^{x}...
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my_username_is_
4457 days ago
it's using log to mean log base e, also known as the natural log or ln. you can do that because they're inverse operations (I think that's the right term for it, it's been a while since a formal math class) so they undo each other
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clebio
4457 days ago
Yes. It's an identity relationship. x = exp(log(x))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_logarithmic_identities#...
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blackrabbit
4457 days ago
Thanks!
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