Question

Why does the logarithms exist, what are their applications?

Answer 1

Logarithms are a convenient way to express large numbers. (The base-10 logarithm of a number is roughly the number of digits in that number, for example.) Slide rules work because adding and subtracting logarithms is equivalent to multiplication and division. (This benefit is slightly less important today.)

In the exponential function, the x was the exponent. The purpose of the inverse of a function is to tell you what x value was used when you already know the y value. So, the purpose of the logarithm is to tell you the exponent. Thus, our simple definition of a logarithm is that it is an exponent.

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