Re: log expression not simplified
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg115691] Re: log expression not simplified
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:52:03 -0500 (EST)
On 1/17/11 at 5:41 AM, gianluca.cruciani at poste.it (Praeceptor) wrote:
>Simplify[Log[a/b]/Log[b/a], Assumptions -> {a > 0, b > a}]
>doesn't reduce to -1 ??
I don't have a good answer to your question but you can achieve
what you want with
In[8]:= Log[a/b]/Log[b/a] // PowerExpand // Simplify
Out[8]= -1