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OpenStudy (thecatman):

i need a verification on 0^0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay

OpenStudy (girlmeetsworld):

nice profile pic. :)

OpenStudy (girlmeetsworld):

lol

OpenStudy (thecatman):

same to you

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

its undefinedddddddddd

OpenStudy (girlmeetsworld):

thanks. :)

OpenStudy (thecatman):

correct un defined

OpenStudy (girlmeetsworld):

i like the new pic better lol

OpenStudy (thecatman):

same here

OpenStudy (thecatman):

i need to get to next class the verification for correcting the teachers error

OpenStudy (alekos):

No its defined as 1

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

a^0=1 for all real a not equal to 0 a^0 is undefined when a=0 @alekos

OpenStudy (alekos):

No, that's incorrect. It is definitely mathematically defined as 1

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.0.to.0.power.html

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

@alekos

OpenStudy (alekos):

Yes, that's wonderful and I know all of this, but in the end it's been defined mathematically and the modern convention is to define 0^0=1, for good reason. Why? Because it lets us manipulate exponentials without adding special cases. Donald Knuth set things straight in 1992, Donald Knuth is a professor Emeritus at Stanford University.

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

https://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml @alekos

OpenStudy (thomas5267):

I think it is more of a convenience to define \(0^0\) to be 1. The limit of \(x^y\) does not exist as (x,y) to (0,0). Different direction of approach will yield different results.

OpenStudy (alekos):

there's a difference between pure maths and what's regarded as a definition. this is one of those cases. kind of similar to 0!=1

OpenStudy (thomas5267):

You could argue 0!=1 as (n-1)!=n!/n so 0!=1!/1=1. For 0^0 you can't really make such argument and it is for convenience only IMO.

OpenStudy (alekos):

Yes, I don't disagree with you. But that is the way it has been defined, and it has to be treated in that regard.

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