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==Examples== * [[Exponential growth]] and [[exponential decay]] are processes with constant logarithmic derivative.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} * In [[mathematical finance]], the [[The Greeks (finance)|Greek]] ''Ξ»'' is the logarithmic derivative of derivative price with respect to underlying price.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} * In [[numerical analysis]], the [[condition number]] is the infinitesimal relative change in the output for a relative change in the input, and is thus a ratio of logarithmic derivatives.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} * The [[digamma function]], and by extension the [[polygamma function]], is defined in terms of the logarithmic derivative of the [[gamma function]].
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