Note for the teaching of the logarithmic and exponential functions

Annick Lambert () and Juan Salazar ()
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Annick Lambert: University of Quebec in Outaouais
Juan Salazar: University of Quebec in Outaouais

RePAd Working Paper Series from Département des sciences administratives, UQO

Abstract: In this article we give a proper definition of the natural logarithmic function and we show that its properties are easy to see and understand from simple diagrams. We define the number e and the meaning of a number raised to an irrational power. Then we define the exponential function.

Keywords: Logarithmic function; exponential function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2015-06-04
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