The time scale logarithm (Q958881)

The author defines the time scale logarithm and considers some of its properties. \(C_n^1(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{R})\) is a set of nonvanishing continuously delta differentiable functions, \(M_m(C_n^1(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{R}))\) is the set of \(m\times m\) differentiable and invertible matrices with the entries in \(C_n^1(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{R})\). In the scalar case the logarithm of \(g\in C_n^1(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{R})\) is defined as \(\log_T{g(t)}=g^\Delta(t)/g(t)\) (if \(\mathbb{T}=\mathbb{R},\) then \(\log_T{g(t)}=\frac{d}{dt}|g(t)|\)). In the matrix case the logarithm of \(B\in M_m(C_n^1(\mathbb{T},\mathbb{R}))\) is defined as \(\log_T{B(t)}=B^\Delta(t)B^{-1}(t)\). Some examples are presented.