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Math Error

Open GoldBeluga opened this issue 2 years ago • 4 comments

Why 0^0 = 1? It should be indeterminate. image

GoldBeluga avatar Oct 01 '23 13:10 GoldBeluga

This is your friendly Microsoft Issue Bot. I've seen this issue come in and have gone to tell a human about it.

MicrosoftIssueBot avatar Oct 01 '23 15:10 MicrosoftIssueBot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_the_power_of_zero

Also Duplicate of #418

arjunindia avatar Oct 06 '23 18:10 arjunindia

0 in the power of 0 is 1. The law that says that all x in the power of 0 is equal to 1 is for all numbers, including 0.

Itamar-Dalal avatar Oct 08 '23 07:10 Itamar-Dalal

Yes, 0^0 = 1. You are thinking of 0/0 which would be indeterminate

SpentCoast avatar Nov 13 '23 20:11 SpentCoast