Description: The natural logarithm of the quotient of two positive real numbers is the difference of natural logarithms. Exercise 72(a) and Property 3 of Cohen p. 301, restricted to natural logarithms. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 29-May-2016)
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Hypotheses | relogcld.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. RR+ ) |
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relogmuld.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. RR+ ) |
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Assertion | relogdivd | |- ( ph -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) ) |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | relogcld.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. RR+ ) |
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2 | relogmuld.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. RR+ ) |
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3 | relogdiv | |- ( ( A e. RR+ /\ B e. RR+ ) -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) ) |
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4 | 1 2 3 | syl2anc | |- ( ph -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) ) |