Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem relogdivd

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)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses relogcld.1
|- ( ph -> A e. RR+ )
relogmuld.2
|- ( ph -> B e. RR+ )
Assertion relogdivd
|- ( ph -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 relogcld.1
 |-  ( ph -> A e. RR+ )
2 relogmuld.2
 |-  ( ph -> B e. RR+ )
3 relogdiv
 |-  ( ( A e. RR+ /\ B e. RR+ ) -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) )
4 1 2 3 syl2anc
 |-  ( ph -> ( log ` ( A / B ) ) = ( ( log ` A ) - ( log ` B ) ) )