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6.24.3 Expanding logarithms: lnexpand

The logarithm applied to a product can be converted into a sum of logarithms; namely,

log(x· y) = log(x) + log(y)

The lnexpand command does this expansion.


Example.
Input:

lnexpand(ln(3*x^2)+ln(2*x+2))

Output:

ln⎛
⎝
3⎞
⎠
+2 ln⎪
⎪
x⎪
⎪
+ln⎛
⎝
2⎞
⎠
+ln⎛
⎝
x+1⎞
⎠

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