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Grade 12Differential Calculus

how we proof f(x*y)=f(x)+f(y) this implies f(x)=k*ln(x)

Profile image of ravi shankar singh
14 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of saiomkar kandukuri
13 Years ago

by partial differentiation

differentiate wrt to x

f''(xy)*y=f''(x)

differentiate wrt to y

f''(xy)*x=f''(y)

divide we get    f''(x)x =f''(y)y =k

integrate the first one then weget f(x)=k*ln(x)