Re: log expression not simplified
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- Subject: [mg115702] Re: log expression not simplified
- From: Alexei Boulbitch <alexei.boulbitch at iee.lu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:22:43 -0500 (EST)
Try this:
PowerExpand[Log[a/b]/Log[b/a],
Assumptions -> {a> 0, b> a}] // Simplify
-1
Sorry, can anybody help me understand why
Simplify[Log[a/b]/Log[b/a], Assumptions -> {a> 0, b> a}]
doesn't reduce to -1 ??
Thanks (it's for a simple Carnot cycle calculation...)!
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