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OpenStudy (kaederfds):

0^0 = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

undefined. 0/0=?

OpenStudy (shubhamsrg):

yep, it is undefined.

Parth (parthkohli):

``` Prove that 0 to the 0 power is undefined. ``` Proof by contradiction. By definition, \(0^n = 0\). By definition, \(x^0 = 0\). But the two definitions contradict at \(x=0\) and \(n = 0\).

Parth (parthkohli):

Another one: Suppose that \(0^0 = x\). Then \(\log _ 0x = 0\). But there are infinite such values, so \(0^0\) does not exist.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ParthKohli x^0 =1

Parth (parthkohli):

Whoopsie.

Parth (parthkohli):

I meant to type that, sorry :-(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it's undefined

OpenStudy (shubhamsrg):

x^0 = x^(n-n) = x^n /x^n so it'll be undefined whenever denominator is 0.

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