TITLE: How do I square a logarithm?
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: How do I square $\log_2(3)$. Does it become $2\log_2(3)$ ?

REPLY [2 votes]: \begin{eqnarray}
(\log_{2}(3))^{2} &=& (\log_{2}(3))(\log_{2}(3)) \\
                  &=& \log_{2}(3^{\log_{2}(3)})
\end{eqnarray}
That's as simple as it gets!