Republic of the Philippines

Western Mindanao State University

College of Science and Mathematics

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

Derivatives of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

log 𝑎 𝑥 = 𝑦 ⟺ 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑦

Properties of Logarithms
1. log 𝑎 1 = 0
2. log 𝑎 𝑀𝑁 = log 𝑎 𝑀 + log 𝑎 𝑁
𝑀
3. log 𝑎 𝑁 = log 𝑎 𝑀 − log 𝑎 𝑁
4. log 𝑎 𝑀𝑛 = 𝑛log 𝑎 𝑀
5. log 𝑎 𝑎 = 1

The number 𝒆

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Properties of natural Logarithmic Function
If 𝑎 and 𝑏 are any positive numbers and 𝑟 is any rational number
1. ln 1 = 0
2. ln(𝑎𝑏) = ln𝑎 + ln𝑏
𝑎
3. ln 𝑏 = ln𝑎 − ln𝑏
4. ln 𝑎𝑟 = 𝑟 ln 𝑎

Properties of natural Exponential Function

If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑥 are any real number
1. exp(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥
2. 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑦 ⟺ 𝑥 = ln 𝑦
3. 𝑒 𝑎 ∙ 𝑒 𝑏 = 𝑒 𝑎+𝑏
4. (𝑒 𝑎 )𝑏 = 𝑒 𝑎𝑏
𝑒𝑎
5. = 𝑒 𝑎−𝑏
𝑒𝑏

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Derivatives of other logarithmic function

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