Chapter 3
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions


Introduction
In this chapter we will learn about two important functions: the exponential function and the logarithmic function. These functions are special in the way that they are not algebraic, they are transcendental.

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John Napier (pictured above) was born on February 1st, 1550 and was the inventor of Logarithmic functions. He started working on them in 1594. The inventor of exponential functions was a man named Jakob Bernoulli. He was born on January 6th, 1655. Both of them impacted the math world by creating two functions that are still used today.

Outline

3.1 One-to-One Functions; Inverse Functions

3.2 Exponential Functions

3.3 Logarithmic Functions

3.4 Properties of Logarithms

3.5 Logarithmic and Exponential Equations

3.6 Exponential Growth and Decay; Logistic Growth and Decay

3.7 Building Exponential, Logarithmic, and Logistic Models from Data

Chapter Review