Publisher's Synopsis
Master essential logarithm and exponential skills through helpful explanations, instructive examples, and plenty of practice exercises with answers. Authored by experienced teacher, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., this self-study math workbook covers:
- logarithms of various bases and natural logarithms
- the change of base formula
- logarithm rules like the sum and difference formulas
- exponential functions
- hyperbolic functions and their inverses
- graphs of logarithms, exponentials, and hyperbolic functions
- a concise review of exponents in the first chapter
- Euler's number
- applications such as population growth, continuously compounded interest, and radioactive nuclear decays
- an introduction to complex numbers in the last chapter
- an optional chapter covering the calculus of logarithms, exponentials, and hyperbolic functions