Limits of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Limits of Exponential Function
- When
:
- When
:
Limits of Logarithmic Function
- When
:
- When
:
General Limit Property
For any function
, if
exists, and
as well as
, then:
The Irrational Number
and Natural Logarithms
- The Irrational Number
Setting
, as
,
, so:
- The Natural Logarithm, denoted
, is the logarithm with base
.
- The number
is a positive real number not equal to
, so the exponential function
is defined for all real numbers.
- Since
is the logarithm with base
, the inverse of the function
is the exponential function
.
- The exponential function
and the logarithmic function
are inverses of each other:
Limits Involving Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Using
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