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Trig meets Logs (Posted on 2006-06-14)

Prove the equation cos(x) = log_(2*pi)x has exactly 3 real solutions if x is measured in radians.

What must the base of the logarithm be reduced to to give the equation exactly two real solutions?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Jer

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Subject	Author	Date
Rating.......	K Sengupta	2022-09-06 05:45:06
non-rigorous "proof" for part 1; numerical computer solution for part 2	Charlie	2006-06-14 13:08:05

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