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In mathematics, there are several logarithmic identities.

Algebraic identities or laws

Trivial identities

$\log _{b}(1)=0\!\,$	because	$b^{0}=1\!\,$, given that b>0
$\log _{b}(b)=1\!\,$	because	$b^{1}=b\!\,$

Note that log_b(0) is undefined because there is no number x such that b^x = 0. In fact, there is a vertical asymptote on the graph of log_b(x) at x = 0.

Canceling exponentials

Logarithms and exponentials (antilogarithms) with the same base cancel each other. This is true because logarithms and exponentials are inverse operations (just like multiplication and division or addition and subtraction).

$b^{\log _{b}(x)}=x{\text{ because }}\operatorname {antilog} _{b}(\log _{b}(x))=x\,$

$\log _{b}(b^{x})=x{\text{ because }}\log _{b}(\operatorname {antilog} _{b}(x))=x\,$

Both of the above are derived from the following two equations that define a logarithm:-

$b^{c}=x{\text{, }}\log _{b}(x)=c\,$

Substituting c in the left equation gives b^log_b(x) = x, and substituting x in the right gives log_b(b^c) = c. Finally, replace c by x.

Using simpler operations

Logarithms can be used to make calculations easier. For example, two numbers can be multiplied just by using a logarithm table and adding. The first three operations below assume Template:Nowrap beginx = b^cTemplate:Nowrap end, and/or Template:Nowrap beginy = b^dTemplate:Nowrap end so that Template:Nowrap beginlog_b(x) = cTemplate:Nowrap end and Template:Nowrap beginlog_b(y) = dTemplate:Nowrap end. Derivations also use the log definitions Template:Nowrap beginx = b^log_b(x)Template:Nowrap end and Template:Nowrap beginx = log_b(b^x)Template:Nowrap end.

$\log _{b}(xy)=\log _{b}(x)+\log _{b}(y)\!\,$	because	$b^{c}\cdot b^{d}=b^{c+d}\!\,$
$\log _{b}\!\left({\begin{matrix}{\frac {x}{y}}\end{matrix}}\right)=\log _{b}(x)-\log _{b}(y)$	because	$b^{c-d}={\tfrac {b^{c}}{b^{d}}}$
$\log _{b}(x^{d})=d\log _{b}(x)\!\,$	because	$(b^{c})^{d}=b^{cd}\!\,$
$\log _{b}\!\left(\!{\sqrt[{y}]{x}}\right)={\begin{matrix}{\frac {\log _{b}(x)}{y}}\end{matrix}}$	because	${\sqrt[{y}]{x}}=x^{1/y}$
$x^{\log _{b}(y)}=y^{\log _{b}(x)}\!\,$	because	$x^{\log _{b}(y)}=b^{\log _{b}(x)\log _{b}(y)}=b^{\log _{b}(y)\log _{b}(x)}=y^{\log _{b}(x)}\!\,$
$c\log _{b}(x)+d\log _{b}(y)=\log _{b}(x^{c}y^{d})\!\,$	because	$\log _{b}(x^{c}y^{d})=\log _{b}(x^{c})+\log _{b}(y^{d})\!\,$

Where $b$, $x$, and $y$ are positive real numbers and $b\neq 1$. Both $c$ and $d$ are real numbers.

The laws result from canceling exponentials and appropriate law of indices. Starting with the first law:

$xy=b^{\log _{b}(x)}b^{\log _{b}(y)}=b^{\log _{b}(x)+\log _{b}(y)}\Rightarrow \log _{b}(xy)=\log _{b}(b^{\log _{b}(x)+\log _{b}(y)})=\log _{b}(x)+\log _{b}(y)$

The law for powers exploits another of the laws of indices:

$x^{y}=(b^{\log _{b}(x)})^{y}=b^{y\log _{b}(x)}\Rightarrow \log _{b}(x^{y})=y\log _{b}(x)$

The law relating to quotients then follows:

$\log _{b}{\bigg (}{\frac {x}{y}}{\bigg )}=\log _{b}(xy^{-1})=\log _{b}(x)+\log _{b}(y^{-1})=\log _{b}(x)-\log _{b}(y)$

Similarly, the root law is derived by rewriting the root as a reciprocal power:

$\log _{b}({\sqrt[{y}]{x}})=\log _{b}(x^{\frac {1}{y}})={\frac {1}{y}}\log _{b}(x)$

Changing the base

$\log _{b}a={\log _{d}a \over \log _{d}b}$

This identity is useful to evaluate logarithms on calculators. For instance, most calculators have buttons for ln and for log₁₀, but not for log₂. To find log₂(3), one could calculate log₁₀(3) / log₁₀(2) (or ln(3)/ln(2), which yields the same result).

Proof

Let $c=\log _{b}a$.

Then $b^{c}=a$.

Take $\log _{d}$ on both sides: $\log _{d}b^{c}=\log _{d}a$

Simplify and solve for $c$: $c\log _{d}b=\log _{d}a$

$c={\frac {\log _{d}a}{\log _{d}b}}$

Since $c=\log _{b}a$, then $\log _{b}a={\frac {\log _{d}a}{\log _{d}b}}$

This formula has several consequences:

$\log _{b}a={\frac {1}{\log _{a}b}}$

$\log _{b^{n}}a={{\log _{b}a} \over n}$

$b^{\log _{a}d}=d^{\log _{a}b}$

$-\log _{b}a=\log _{b}\left({1 \over a}\right)=\log _{1 \over b}a$

$\log _{b_{1}}a_{1}\,\cdots \,\log _{b_{n}}a_{n}=\log _{b_{\pi (1)}}a_{1}\,\cdots \,\log _{b_{\pi (n)}}a_{n},\,$

where $\scriptstyle \pi \,$ is any permutation of the subscripts 1, ..., n. For example

$\log _{b}w\cdot \log _{a}x\cdot \log _{d}c\cdot \log _{d}z=\log _{d}w\cdot \log _{b}x\cdot \log _{a}c\cdot \log _{d}z.\,$

Summation/subtraction

The following summation/subtraction rule is especially useful in probability theory when one is dealing with a sum of log-probabilities:

$\log _{b}(a+c)=\log _{b}a+\log _{b}(1+b^{\log _{b}c-\log _{b}a})$

$\log _{b}(a-c)=\log _{b}a+\log _{b}(1-b^{\log _{b}c-\log _{b}a})$

which gives the special cases:

$\log _{b}(a+c)=\log _{b}a+\log _{b}\left(1+{\frac {c}{a}}\right)$

$\log _{b}(a-c)=\log _{b}a+\log _{b}\left(1-{\frac {c}{a}}\right)$

Note that in practice $a$ and $c$ have to be switched on the right hand side of the equations if $c>a$. Also note that the subtraction identity is not defined if $a=c$ since the logarithm of zero is not defined.

More generally:

$\log _{b}\sum \limits _{i=0}^{N}a_{i}=\log _{b}a_{0}+\log _{b}\left(1+\sum \limits _{i=1}^{N}{\frac {a_{i}}{a_{0}}}\right)=\log _{b}a_{0}+\log _{b}\left(1+\sum \limits _{i=1}^{N}b^{\left(\log _{b}a_{i}-\log _{b}a_{0}\right)}\right)$

where $a_{0},\ldots ,a_{N}>0$.

Exponents

A useful identity involving exponents:

$x^{\frac {\log(\log(x))}{\log(x)}}=\log(x)$

Calculus identities

Limits

$\lim _{x\to 0^{+}}\log _{a}x=-\infty \quad {\mbox{if }}a>1$

$\lim _{x\to 0^{+}}\log _{a}x=+\infty \quad {\mbox{if }}a<1$

$\lim _{x\to +\infty }\log _{a}x=+\infty \quad {\mbox{if }}a>1$

$\lim _{x\to +\infty }\log _{a}x=-\infty \quad {\mbox{if }}a<1$

$\lim _{x\to 0^{+}}x^{b}\log _{a}x=0\quad {\mbox{if }}b>0$

$\lim _{x\to +\infty }{1 \over x^{b}}\log _{a}x=0\quad {\mbox{if }}b>0$

The last limit is often summarized as "logarithms grow more slowly than any power or root of x".

Derivatives of logarithmic functions

${d \over dx}\ln x={1 \over x},$

${d \over dx}\log _{b}x={1 \over x\ln b},$

Where $x>0$, $b>0$, and $b\neq 1$.

Integral definition

$\ln x=\int _{1}^{x}{\frac {1}{t}}dt$

Integrals of logarithmic functions

$\int \log _{a}x\,dx=x(\log _{a}x-\log _{a}e)+C$

To remember higher integrals, it's convenient to define:

$x^{\left[n\right]}=x^{n}(\log(x)-H_{n})$

Where $H_{n}$ is the nth Harmonic number.

$x^{\left[0\right]}=\log x$

$x^{\left[1\right]}=x\log(x)-x$

$x^{\left[2\right]}=x^{2}\log(x)-{\begin{matrix}{\frac {3}{2}}\end{matrix}}\,x^{2}$

$x^{\left[3\right]}=x^{3}\log(x)-{\begin{matrix}{\frac {11}{6}}\end{matrix}}\,x^{3}$

Then,

${\frac {d}{dx}}\,x^{\left[n\right]}=n\,x^{\left[n-1\right]}$

$\int x^{\left[n\right]}\,dx={\frac {x^{\left[n+1\right]}}{n+1}}+C$

Approximating large numbers

The identities of logarithms can be used to approximate large numbers. Note that log_b(a) + log_b(c) = log_b(ac), where a, b, and c are arbitrary constants. Suppose that one wants to approximate the 44th Mersenne prime, 2^32,582,657 − 1. To get the base-10 logarithm, we would multiply 32,582,657 by log₁₀(2), getting 9,808,357.09543 = 9,808,357 + 0.09543. We can then get 10^9,808,357 × 10^0.09543 ≈ 1.25 × 10^9,808,357.

Similarly, factorials can be approximated by summing the logarithms of the terms.

Complex logarithm identities

The complex logarithm is the complex number analogue of the logarithm function. No single valued function on the complex plane can satisfy the normal rules for logarithms. However a multivalued function can be defined which satisfies most of the identities. It is usual to consider this as a function defined on a Riemann surface. A single valued version called the principal value of the logarithm can be defined which is discontinuous on the negative x axis and equals the multivalued version on a single branch cut.

Definitions

The convention will be used here that a capital first letter is used for the principal value of functions and the lower case version refers to the multivalued function. The single valued version of definitions and identities is always given first followed by a separate section for the multiple valued versions.

ln(r) is the standard natural logarithm of the real number r.

Log(z) is the principal value of the complex logarithm function and has imaginary part in the range (-π, π].

Arg(z) is the principal value of the arg function, its value is restricted to (-π, π]. It can be computed using Arg(x+iy)= atan2(y, x).

$\operatorname {Log} (z)=\ln(|z|)+i\operatorname {Arg} (z)$

$e^{\operatorname {Log} (z)}=z$

The multiple valued version of log(z) is a set but it is easier to write it without braces and using it in formulas follows obvious rules.

log(z) is the set of complex numbers v which satisfy e^v = z

arg(z) is the set of possible values of the arg function applied to z.

When k is any integer:

$\log(z)=\ln(|z|)+i\arg(z)$

$\log(z)=\operatorname {Log} (z)+2\pi ik$

$e^{\log(z)}=z$

Constants

Principal value forms:

$\operatorname {Log} (1)=0$

$\operatorname {Log} (e)=1$

Multiple value forms, for any k an integer:

$\log(1)=0+2\pi ik$

$\log(e)=1+2\pi ik$

Summation

Principal value forms:

$\operatorname {Log} (z_{1})+\operatorname {Log} (z_{2})=\operatorname {Log} (z_{1}z_{2}){\pmod {2\pi i}}$

$\operatorname {Log} (z_{1})-\operatorname {Log} (z_{2})=\operatorname {Log} (z_{1}/z_{2}){\pmod {2\pi i}}$

Multiple value forms:

$\log(z_{1})+\log(z_{2})=\log(z_{1}z_{2})$

$\log(z_{1})-\log(z_{2})=\log(z_{1}/z_{2})$

Powers

A complex power of a complex number can have many possible values.

Principal value form:

${z_{1}}^{z_{2}}=e^{z_{2}\operatorname {Log} (z_{1})}$

$\operatorname {Log} {\left({z_{1}}^{z_{2}}\right)}=z_{2}\operatorname {Log} (z_{1}){\pmod {2\pi i}}$

Multiple value forms:

${z_{1}}^{z_{2}}=e^{z_{2}\log(z_{1})}$

Where k₁, k₂ are any integers:

$\log {\left({z_{1}}^{z_{2}}\right)}=z_{2}\log(z_{1})+2\pi ik_{2}$

$\log {\left({z_{1}}^{z_{2}}\right)}=z_{2}\operatorname {Log} (z_{1})+z_{2}2\pi ik_{1}+2\pi ik_{2}$

See also

• List of trigonometric identities
• Exponential function

References

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