Derivative with respect to the natural logarithm of the argument (see Fig. 1):
| \frac{dp}{d(\ln t)} = t \, \frac{dp}{d t} |
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Fig. 1. Example of log-derivative P' (in red) along with pressure drop P (in blue) for a typical DTR presented on PTA type-library log-log plot |
In Well Testing applications the logarithmic derivative is often denoted as p' = t \, \frac{dp}{d t} which is misnomer as the usual mathematical convention for prime " ' " is the regular Derivative with respect to the argument p' = \frac{dp}{d t} .
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