Real logarithm base b #
In this file we define Real.logb to be the logarithm of a real number in a given base b. We
define this as the division of the natural logarithms of the argument and the base, so that we have
a globally defined function with logb b 0 = 0, logb b (-x) = logb b x, logb 0 x = 0, and
logb (-b) x = logb b x.
We prove some basic properties of this function and its relation to rpow.
Tags #
logarithm, continuity
The function |logb b x| tends to +โ as x tendsto +โ.
See also tendsto_logb_atTop and tendsto_logb_atTop_of_base_lt_one.
The real logarithm base b is continuous as a function from nonzero reals.
The real logarithm base b is continuous as a function from positive reals.
Induction principle for intervals of real numbers: if a proposition P is true
on [xโ, r * xโ) and if P for [xโ, r^n * xโ) implies P for [r^n * xโ, r^(n+1) * xโ),
then P is true for all x โฅ xโ.