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blackrabbit
on April 3, 2014
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Can anyone explain why this is a valid operation?
http://wp.com/latex.php?latex=\lim_{x%20\to%200^{+}}%20x^{x}...
my_username_is_
on April 3, 2014
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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
clebio
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Yes. It's an identity relationship. x = exp(log(x))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_logarithmic_identities#...
blackrabbit
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