Basic introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions

DOI10.14321/REALANALEXCH.40.1.0219MaRDI QIDQ1704431zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adel B. Badi

Publication date 9 March 2018

Published in Real Analysis Exchange (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rae/1435759205

zbMATH Keywords

differentiationexponential functionslogarithmic functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

One-variable calculus (26A06) Elementary functions (26A09) Differentiation (real functions of one variable): general theory, generalized derivatives, mean value theorems (26A24)

Review text

The author presents an introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions, simlar to \textit{H. Samelson}'s [Am. Math. Mon. 81, 1012--1013 (1974; Zbl 0289.26002)] approach. The use of convexity in the latter study has now been circumvented.

Recommendations

• The logarithmic function as a limit
• The natural exponential conies before the natural logarithm
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 21624
• The Exponential Function
• A short, elementary introduction to the exponential function

Cited in

(8)

• Area determination for basic functions in school with elementary geometry
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4107131 (Why is no real title available?)
• The natural exponential conies before the natural logarithm
• The logarithmic function as a limit
• The equivalence of definitions of the natural logarithm function
• Integral definition of the logarithmic function and the derivative of the exponential function in calculus
• 114 exponent and logarithm problems from the AwesomeMath summer program
• How to draw the graphs of the Exponential, Logistic, and Gaussian functions with pencil and ruler in an accurate way

This page was built for publication: Basic introduction to exponential and logarithmic functions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1704431)