eli5: What exactly is a logarithm?

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eli5: What exactly is a logarithm?

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Basically the opposite of an exponent.

If x^y =z, then logx(z)=y, ln() is a special case when x is equal to e, and if unspecified (log()) then x is assumed to be 10.

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