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Math question. by huitzilopochtli 2007-10-10 14:51:32
If
x^x = a , where a > 0
How would one find x? Google is utterly useless, and I'm quite embarrassed for not knowing that, so any help would be appreciated.
[ Reply ]
  Change the base. by dodrian2007-10-10 14:56:55
    OKay, I remember by dodrian2007-10-10 15:04:51
  Are you serious? by RetiQlum22007-10-10 14:57:26
    Ummm .. it's not homework. by huitzilopochtli2007-10-10 15:08:49
      I fail to see where x^x comes in: by pas512007-10-10 15:54:51
        My path... by huitzilopochtli2007-10-10 17:20:37
    You fale at the mathematics by Egaeus2007-10-10 15:08:57
    if x^x=a by joresgump2007-10-10 15:11:25
      I'm unfamiliar with that notation? by huitzilopochtli2007-10-10 15:13:51
        the ^ goes up by joresgump2007-10-10 15:16:21
          So..... by vampire2010-01-26 07:41:31
  I'm probably wrong, but... by shadowsystems2007-10-10 15:03:01
    er, no. by werehatrack2007-10-10 15:10:57
    You're wrong by Egaeus2007-10-10 15:12:08
  Use logarithms by Egaeus2007-10-10 15:07:48
  With a calculator. by hobbs2007-10-10 15:40:34
    Indeed, there is no closed form solution to by shminux2007-10-10 15:54:33
      I see. Thanks. (n/t) by huitzilopochtli2007-10-10 17:23:58
  I doubt that really helps but........ by c51L2007-10-10 16:17:01
    s/LampbertW/LambertW (n/t) by c51L2007-10-10 16:18:24
    Because ... by run.dll2007-10-10 16:43:30

 

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