# લઘુગણક કેલ્ક્યુલેટર

> The logarithm of a number to any base, including ln and log₁₀, with change-of-base steps, or the exponent x that solves bˣ = y, exact when rational.

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The logarithm log_b x is the exponent that turns the base b into x: log₂ 1024 = 10 because 2¹⁰ = 1024. Any base can be computed from natural logarithms with the change-of-base rule, log_b x = ln x ÷ ln b, and the same rule solves an exponential equation bˣ = y, giving x = ln y ÷ ln b.

Common uses are counting doublings or halvings (base 2), orders of magnitude and the decibel and pH scales (base 10), and continuous growth and decay (base e ≈ 2.71828). Solving 3ˣ = 20 gives x = ln 20 ÷ ln 3 ≈ 2.7268.

The number must be positive, and the base positive and not 1. When the answer is a fraction it is also shown exactly, so log₄ 8 appears as 3/2 as well as 1.5. A base below 1 gives negative logarithms for numbers above 1: log₀.₅ 8 = −3.

## ઇનપુટ

- **Calculate** (વિકલ્પો: Log of x, Solve bˣ = y)
- **Base b**: Type e for the natural logarithm
- **Number x**
- **Value y**

## પરિણામો

- પરિણામ — મુખ્ય પરિણામ
- ચોક્કસ મૂલ્ય
- Natural log of the number
- Base-10 log of the number

## સૂત્ર

$$
\begin{gathered} \log_b x = \frac{\ln x}{\ln b} \\[10pt] b^{x} = y \iff x = \frac{\ln y}{\ln b} \end{gathered}
$$

## ઉકેલેલાં ઉદાહરણો

### log₂ 1024

- Calculate: Log of x
- Base b: 2
- Number x: 1024
- **પરિણામ: 10**
- **ચોક્કસ મૂલ્ય: 10**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: 2¹⁰ = 1024

### log₁₀ 0.001

- Calculate: Log of x
- Base b: 10
- Number x: 0.001
- **પરિણામ: -3**
- **ચોક્કસ મૂલ્ય: −3**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: 10⁻³ = 0.001

### ln 10

- Calculate: Log of x
- Base b: e
- Number x: 10
- **પરિણામ: 2.302585092994**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: Python Decimal(10).ln() = 2.302585092994045684017991454684364…

### log₄ 8

- Calculate: Log of x
- Base b: 4
- Number x: 8
- **પરિણામ: 1.5**
- **ચોક્કસ મૂલ્ય: 3/2**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: 4^(3/2) = (√4)³ = 8

### Solve 3ˣ = 20

- Calculate: Solve bˣ = y
- Base b: 3
- Value y: 20
- **પરિણામ: 2.726833027861**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: Python Decimal(20).ln() / Decimal(3).ln() at 60 digits = 2.72683302786084204139609463636416…

### Base below 1: log₀.₅ 8

- Calculate: Log of x
- Base b: 0.5
- Number x: 8
- **પરિણામ: -3**
- **ચોક્કસ મૂલ્ય: −3**
- ચકાસણીનો સ્ત્રોત: 0.5⁻³ = 2³ = 8

## પ્રશ્નો

### What is the difference between log and ln?

ln is the natural logarithm, with base e ≈ 2.718282, while log on most calculators means base 10. Some textbooks and programming languages use log for the natural logarithm instead; Python's math.log(10) returns 2.302585. The two differ by a constant factor, ln x = ln 10 × log₁₀ x ≈ 2.302585 × log₁₀ x, so ln 10 ≈ 2.302585 while log₁₀ 10 = 1.

### How do you calculate a logarithm with a different base?

Use the change-of-base rule: log_b x = ln x ÷ ln b, or equally log₁₀ x ÷ log₁₀ b. For log₂ 1024 that is 6.931472 ÷ 0.693147 = 10. For log₄ 8 it gives 1.5, which is exact because 4^(3/2) = (√4)³ = 8. Any base works except 1, and the base must be positive.

### How do you solve an exponential equation like 3ˣ = 20?

Take logarithms of both sides: x × ln 3 = ln 20, so x = ln 20 ÷ ln 3 ≈ 2.995732 ÷ 1.098612 ≈ 2.726833. The same method finds doubling times: money growing 7% a year doubles when 1.07ˣ = 2, at x = ln 2 ÷ ln 1.07 ≈ 10.24 years.

### Why is the logarithm of 0 or a negative number undefined?

No real power of a positive base gives 0 or a negative number: 2ˣ is positive for every real x and only approaches 0 as x heads toward −∞. So log₂ 0 has no value and ln(−1) has no real value; in complex numbers ln(−1) = iπ. A base of 1 is excluded too, since 1ˣ = 1 for every x.

### What is log base 2 used for?

log₂ x counts how many times 1 must be doubled to reach x. log₂ 1024 = 10, so 1,024 = 2¹⁰ and whole numbers from 0 to 1,023 fit in 10 bits. It also bounds halving processes: a binary search of 1,024 sorted items needs at most ⌊log₂ 1024⌋ + 1 = 11 comparisons.

### “લઘુગણક કેલ્ક્યુલેટર” કેટલું ચોક્કસ છે?

ચોકસાઈ તમારા ઇનપુટ અને પદ્ધતિની ધારણાઓ પર આધારિત છે. દશાંશ ગણતરી 50 સાર્થક અંકો વાપરે છે, પરંતુ અંદાજ, સંખ્યાત્મક પદ્ધતિઓ અને મૂળ ડેટા ઓછા ચોક્કસ હોઈ શકે છે; દર્શાવેલા મૂલ્યોને રાઉન્ડ કરવાથી આ મર્યાદાઓ દૂર થતી નથી. સ્વતંત્ર સ્ત્રોતોના ઉકેલેલા ઉદાહરણો સાથે ચકાસણી: 6. ઉદાહરણ તરીકે, “log₂ 1024”ને 2¹⁰ = 1024 સાથે ચકાસવામાં આવે છે.

### આ પદ્ધતિનો સ્ત્રોત શું છે?

NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions §4.2 — logarithms, change of base (4.2.E17); Khan Academy — Change of base formula for logarithms.

## સ્રોતો

- [NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions §4.2 — logarithms, change of base (4.2.E17)](https://dlmf.nist.gov/4.2)
- [Khan Academy — Change of base formula for logarithms](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/x2ec2f6f830c9fb89:logs/x2ec2f6f830c9fb89:change-of-base/a/logarithm-change-of-base-rule-intro)