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> And there's just 1 logarithm, which has the property log(x^y) = y log(x). You don't need the ones with a different base.

Maybe I misunderstood your comment but it really sounds like you're saying that only the natural logarithm has this property, but in fact it's true with every base:

log(x^y; b) = log(x^y)/log(b) = y log(x) / log(b) = y log(x; b)



The comma is important. Or replace 'which' with 'and it'.


Rejigging their text slightly, what they said was "There's only one useful logarithm. It has this property. It's the only useful logarithm."

Yes I noticed their use of a comma (and "which" rather than "that"), in fact that's why I added the disclaimer at the start of my comment about possibly misunderstanding theirs. But sandwiching a mention of that property in the middle of making the same point twice only makes sense if it's a supporting argument.




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