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.
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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.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2005 7:11:07 am PST #9609 of 10003
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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
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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.
Gudanov - Dec 13, 2005 7:20:54 am PST #9617 of 10003
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Why would 0^0 ever equal 1? I don't get that.
n^0 where (n != 0) being equal to 1 I can get since:
n^0 == n^(1 - 1) == 1/n * n == 1
But if n == 0, then you get 0/0 which should be "Oh Shit" instead of 1.