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Placing Natural Logarithm and Exponential Functions on an Equal Footing

by Michael Helfgott (East Tennessee State University)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
November, 2004

Subject classification(s): Calculus | Single Variable Calculus | Differentiation
Applicable Course(s): 3.2 Mainstream Calculus II

Introduce both the natural log and the exponential as solutions to differential equations


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Capsule Course Topic(s):
One-Variable Calculus | Calculus Functions
One-Variable Calculus | Differential Equations (for Calculus)
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