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Re: 0^0=1
Posted:
Apr 22, 2012 9:37 AM
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Dave wrote:
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> Whether x^a is complex or undefined when x < 0 and a is irrational depends on whether you say that sqrt(-1) is undefined or i, doesn't it?
You're muddled. Towards an unmuddling: do you want your disjuncts to
correspond like this
... complex or undefined ...
undefined or i ...
(as you wrote), or like this
... complex or undefined ...
i or undefined ...
?
--
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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