On the comparison of powers a^b and b^a

Authors

  • Jaromír Šimša Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno

Abstract

We deal with the problem which of the numbers ab or ba is greater, for any given positive real numbers a and b. Besides, we solve the equation xy = yx in the set of all positive real numbers, as well as in the subset of all positive rational numbers.

Published

2017-10-29

How to Cite

Šimša, J. (2017). On the comparison of powers a^b and b^a. MATHEMATICS–PHYSICS–INFORMATICS, 26(5), 328–335. Retrieved from https://mfi.upol.cz/index.php/mfi/article/view/365

Issue

Section

Mathematics