Log with $\sqrt x$ base I'd like to know how this simplification happened:
$$\frac{1}{2}\log _{\sqrt{2}}\left(x-2\right)=\log _2\left(x-2\right)$$

$$
\begin{array}{l}
 \color{red}{2 \log _{2} x+\log _{\frac{1}{2}}(1-\sqrt{x})=\frac{1}{2} \log _{\sqrt{2}}(x-2 \sqrt{x}+2) \quad } \color{blue}{0<x<1} \\
\Leftrightarrow 2 \log _{2} x-\log _{2}(1-\sqrt{x})=\log _{2}(x-2 \sqrt{x}+2) \\
\Leftrightarrow \log _{2} x-\log _{2}(1-\sqrt{x})=\log _{2}(x-2 \sqrt{x}+2)-\log _{2} x
\end{array}
$$


$$\log_a(x) = \frac {\log_b(x)} {\log_b(a)}$$ for any $b$.
therefore: $\frac 1 2 \log_{\sqrt 2}(x-2) = \frac {log_2(x - 2)} {2 \log_2(\sqrt 2)} = \frac {log_2(x - 2)} {2 \times \frac 1 2} = \log_2(x-2)$
