How Do You Solve an Equation with Log for an Unknown Constant Plus Unknown?

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Homework Statement


Can you solve an unknown equal to some constant+log of unknown.
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All the other variables are known, except Ic1.
How to you solve this?

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I have no idea.
 

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If you have [itex]I_{C1}[/itex] both "inside" and "outside" the logarithm, the equation cannot be solved in terms of "elementary" functions. It very likely can be solved, though still non-trivial, in terms of the "Lambert W function" which is defined as the inverse function to [itex]f(x)= xe^x[/itex].