Discrete logarithm
In mathematics, for given real numbers a {\displaystyle a} and b {\displaystyle b} , the logarithm log b ( a ) {\displaystyle \log _{b}(a)} is a number x {\displaystyle x} such that b x = a {\displaystyle b^{x}=a} . The discrete logarithm is an analogous concept in group theory.