How to Solve the Equation (x)^x^3=3?

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D H said:
No. I meant to write

[tex]\left (\sqrt 2 ^{\sqrt 2}\right)^{\sqrt 2} = 2[/tex]

[tex]\left( \left(\sqrt[3]3 ^{\sqrt[3]3}\right)^{\sqrt[3]3}\right)^{\sqrt[3]3} = 3[/tex]

I left out the parentheses, which are absolutely essential as exponentiation is non-associative.

No, you put them in but apparently in the wrong spot.
 
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[tex]\log_n\Biggl(\underbrace{\sqrt[n] n^{\left(\sqrt[n] n^{\left(\dotsm^{\sqrt[n] n}}\right)}\right)}_{n+1}\Biggr) =[/tex]

probbably he meant to write it sth like this:

[tex]\log_n (...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)^{\sqrt [n]^n} =\sqrt[n]^n \log_n (...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)[/tex]=[tex]\sqrt [n]^n^{2} \log_n(..((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt[n]^n})^{\sqrt[n]^n})..)[/tex]..=...=[tex]\sqrt[n]^n^{n}log_n\sqrt[n]^n=n*\frac{1}{n}log_n n=1[/tex] and hence:



[tex](...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)^{\sqrt [n]^n}=n[/tex]

Does this make any sense??
 
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sutupidmath said:
[tex]\log_n\Biggl(\underbrace{\sqrt[n] n^{\left(\sqrt[n] n^{\left(\dotsm^{\sqrt[n] n}}\right)}\right)}_{n+1}\Biggr) =[/tex]

probbably he meant to write it sth like this:

[tex]\log_n (...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)^{\sqrt [n]^n} =\sqrt[n]^n \log_n (...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)[/tex]=[tex]\sqrt [n]^n^{2} \log_n(..((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt[n]^n})^{\sqrt[n]^n})..)[/tex]..=...=[tex]\sqrt[n]^n^{n}log_n\sqrt[n]^n=n*\frac{1}{n}log_n n=1[/tex] and hence:



[tex](...(((\sqrt[n]^n)^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n})^{\sqrt [n]^n}...)^{\sqrt [n]^n}=n[/tex]

Does this make any sense??

You don't even need logs to show that sense

(x^a)^b=x^(ab)