anything raised to the 0 power is 1.
Even 0?
How about a cat?
(Actually, 0^0 =1, right? God, my memory sucks.)
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tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 6:48:28 am PST #9590 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - Dec 13, 2005 6:50:59 am PST #9591 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Man, I'm nerdy. But thanks, nice mathy peoples!
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 6:52:26 am PST #9592 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph has made me miss the days when I was bright and math was fun and easy and exciting.
Ginger - Dec 13, 2005 6:53:36 am PST #9593 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You're welcome, Gud.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 13, 2005 6:53:46 am PST #9594 of 10003
What is even happening?
Teppy, did you just need to understand for curiosity's sake, or do you have a situation that is requiring you to get this mathy (and should we smite it for you, if you do)?
Jen - Dec 13, 2005 6:54:05 am PST #9595 of 10003
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Actually, 0^0 =1, right
I will *never* understand this, or the idea that 0*0 = 1.
So you've got some nothing. You raise it to the power of nothing (or multiply it by nothing), effectively giving nothing even more nothing. Suddenly you've got something? Where did it come from!? Dear God, WHERE?
This is why I'm not a creationist, isn't it?
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 6:54:57 am PST #9596 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. There is debate on the subject:
ZERO TO THE ZERO POWER. Most textbook writers either leave 0^0 undefined, or state that it is undefined. Others say it should be defined as 1. Euler argued for 0^0 = 1; Cauchy considered it undefined. Most calculators give "error" for this expression, although some give "1."
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 6:57:02 am PST #9597 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As Euler goes, so goes my nation.
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 6:57:40 am PST #9598 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ok, the Windows XP calculator says 0^0 is 1. What does the Mac OS X one say?
WindSparrow - Dec 13, 2005 6:59:29 am PST #9599 of 10003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
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