And my TI-83+ says "ERR:DOMAIN" for 0^0, by the way.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
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Emily - Dec 13, 2005 7:07:29 am PST #9607 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 7:09:49 am PST #9608 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.
There's something cool about how mathematicians can't even agree if 0^0 is undefined.
I mean, either it's defined or it's undefined. Except it's both.
Or neither.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2005 7:11:07 am PST #9609 of 10003
brillig
So I'm guessing that the symbol ^ means "to the power of"?
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 7:12:10 am PST #9610 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.
So I'm guessing that the symbol ^ means "to the power of"?
Yes.
On computers, anyway.
I don't know how to do the zero superscript. &sup0;? eta: no.
Fred Pete - Dec 13, 2005 7:12:17 am PST #9611 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
So it's Schrodinger's exponential?
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 7:13:24 am PST #9612 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.
So it's Schrodinger's exponential?
Yes.
See, I knew that cat^0 was relevant!
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2005 7:14:10 am PST #9613 of 10003
brillig
What does * stand for in math?
Ginger - Dec 13, 2005 7:15:50 am PST #9614 of 10003
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I mean, either it's defined or it's undefined. Except it's both.
It's the Schrodinger's number?
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§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 7:16:51 am PST #9615 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What does * stand for in math?
Multiplication. I think it's because of computers, because "x" was also the letter and confusing.
But I don't know the timing for sure.
Emily - Dec 13, 2005 7:18:24 am PST #9616 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Multiplication.
Except when it doesn't. Like, for me this semester, * has stood for "some binary operation". (This has made typing up my homework more challenging.) But usually it's multiplication -- generally when typing, since the multiplication dot can be kind of hard to make show up.