document.write( "Question 1157536: Prove that : If int(1/(xf(x)) dx = f(f(x)) + c then f(x) = ln(x) \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #780418 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "We work backwards using \"if and ONLY if\" between steps:\r\n" );
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document.write( "First we only observe (not assume!!) about the answer we are supposed to get,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"f%28x%29+=+ln%28x%29\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "that we could have gotten that if and ONLY if this were true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "And we could have gotten that if and ONLY if this were true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+int%28+1%2F%28x%2Aln%28x%29%29%2Cdx%29+=+ln%28ln%28x%29%29+%2B+c\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "But we know that would have been true if and ONLY if\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"int%281%2F%28x%2A%22f%28x%29%22%29%2Cdx%29+=+%22f%28f%28x%29%29%22+%2B+c%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "were true.  But that IS GIVEN true, so  \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%22f%28x%29%22=ln%28x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "must be true. \r\n" );
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document.write( "PROVED!\r\n" );
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