SOLUTION: how can we derive to this formula? log(-1).show all the works

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Question 107651: how can we derive to this formula?
log(-1).show all the works
Answer by stanbon(57282) About Me  (Show Source):
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how can we derive to this formula?
log(-1).show all the works
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log(-1) is meaningless because there is no base
that could be used to calculate the logs.
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Iflog(base a)(-1)=b then a^b=-1
"a" would have to be -1 and "b" would have to be 1
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Cheers,
Stan H.