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Can one stop Mathematica simplifying Log[10,x] ???
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Karen Bindash
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:14 pm    Post subject: Can one stop Mathematica simplifying Log[10,x] ??? Reply with quote
Engineers often use log to the base 10, and rarely log to the base e.
Is it possible to stop Mathematica simplifying

Log[10,x] to Log[x]/Log[10], but instead leave it in terms of logs to
the base 10??
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Nasser Abbasi
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:38 am    Post subject: Re: Can one stop Mathematica simplifying Log[10,x] ??? Reply with quote
"Karen Bindash" <KarenBindash@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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[quote]Engineers often use log to the base 10, and rarely log to the base e.
Is it possible to stop Mathematica simplifying

Log[10,x] to Log[x]/Log[10], but instead leave it in terms of logs to
the base 10??

[/quote]
You can try one of the Hold family functions. Such as

HoldForm[Log[10, a]]

Nasser
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