
Natural log of a negative number - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jan 10, 2021 · In the context of real numbers, negative numbers have no logarithms (and neither does 0 0) because log(x) log (x) is a number y y such that ey = x e y = x and ey e y is always greater than 0 0.
What is a negative number? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jun 17, 2015 · In answering the question one might talk about what a number is. It seems that 'negative' is an adjective describing number. I want to assume that the concept of 'number' is generally …
Logic behind dividing negative numbers - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Aug 11, 2014 · I've learnt in school that a positive number, when divided by a negative number, and vice-versa, will give us a negative number as a result.On the other hand, a negative number divided …
Why do we reverse inequality sign when dividing by negative number?
29 Dividing by a negative number is the same as dividing by a positive number and then multiplying by $-1$. Dividing an inequality by a positive number retains the same inequality.
Logarithms with negative bases for real numbers
Oct 29, 2021 · But for some negative bases it can. Am I right in this? Is the requirement of a positive number within the logarithm restricted to all positive and some negative numbers? Or do we deal …
Log of a negative number - Mathematics Stack Exchange
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Square root of negative numbers - Mathematics Stack Exchange
And here, there simply is no square root of a negative number simply because a square is always non-negative. So, the expression is not defined within the real numbers, hence cannot be calculated. …
If there is a negative sign beside the fraction bar, does that mean the ...
Nov 6, 2018 · In math, sometimes I see a negative symbol beside the fraction bar. Does that mean both the numerator and the denominator are negative, or just the numerator?
Why does the sign get reversed when multiplying or dividing an ...
Apr 19, 2017 · You know $2 < 3$. Why does that tell you $-3 < -2$? Think about what happens on the number line when you multiply by $-1$ or another negative number.
Why are logarithms not defined for 0 and negatives?
I think only some logarithms (e.g log to the base 10 10) aren't defined for 0 0 and negative numbers, is that right? I'm confused because on all the websites I've seen they say "logs are not defined for 0 0 …