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Re: 0^0=1
Posted:
Apr 25, 2012 9:17 AM
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Dan Christensen wrote:
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> On Apr 24, 4:39 pm, Frederick Williams <freddywilli...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> > Dan Christensen wrote:
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> > > It isn't included in the usual recursive definition: x^1 = x and x^(n
> > > +1) = x^n * x. And I don't think it can be derived from this
> > > definition. This makes me think it is ad hoc.
> >
> > It's not surprising if a definition of x^n for n = 1, 2, 3, ... cannot
> > reveal what 0^0 is.
> >
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> Yes, 0^0 is UNDEFINED!
If I look in the dictionary for the definition of 'xylophone', I will
find that 'trombone' is undefined. The answer is to look elsewhere in
the dictionary for the definition of 'trombone'.
--
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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