Calculus 10th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - 5.1 Exercises - Page 326: 95

Answer

The natural log function has $(0, \infty)$ as its domain and $(-\infty, \infty)$ as its range. It monotonically increases over its domain and is continuous at each point. It is a bijective function on this domain and range. It has some very interesting properties the basic ones of which are: $ln(a\times b) = ln(a)+ln(b)$ and $ln(a/b) = ln(a) - ln(b)$ Note that $ln(1) = ln(a/a) = ln(a)-ln(a) =0$

Work Step by Step

What it means is that ln(x) is a function that accepts real numbers from 0 to $\infty $ as inputs and outputs a real number. Being bijective means that each input gives only one output and that each value of output has only one corresponding input.
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