So it's Schrodinger's exponential?
Yes.
See, I knew that cat^0 was relevant!
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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.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2005 7:14:10 am PST #9613 of 10003
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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?
eta: Inevitable Schrodinger's crosspost
§ 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.
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.
Emily - Dec 13, 2005 7:22:56 am PST #9618 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Why would 0^0 ever equal 1?
Convenience.
What? You were expecting something mathy?
Steph L. - Dec 13, 2005 7:25:32 am PST #9619 of 10003
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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)?
Just curiosity. I had a completely geeky conversation last night with Confusing!Boy (remember him?) about my unholy love of the OED, and somehow that became a conversation about binary numbers, and I even tried to make a joke about binary numbers....and he didn't hang up on me! Keen!
But all morning I've been thinking about binary numbers (instead of thinking about Confusing!Boy, which I think just proves what a nerd I am).
Aims - Dec 13, 2005 7:28:26 am PST #9620 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
anything raised to the 0 power is 1.
Even 0? How about a cat?
I have zeros, Tep. Can you raise me?
Emily - Dec 13, 2005 7:30:13 am PST #9621 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have zeros, Tep. Can you raise me?
I see your zeros and raise you a cat. (Take my cat, please!)
So, is it wrong to end my paper on Turing with, "which is too bad, because just think of all the cool stuff he could have done if he hadn't died!" I suppose I should think of some serious way to say that, huh?