Quoting Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gm ail.com>:
Thanks!
Interesting reasoning... both ways ("undefined" for real exponents, 1 for
combinatory/set-theory). It would be way too confusing to have 0**0=1 and 0**0.0
undefined, so I guess is best to follow convention.
[now, I would really like to see 0/0=nan...]
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Luis Zarrabeitia
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On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Luis Zarrabeitia <kyrie@uh.cuwro te:
about
Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponen...the_zero_power
Weird, I can't find neither... (which wikipedia article? Couldn't find one
C99.)
Interesting reasoning... both ways ("undefined" for real exponents, 1 for
combinatory/set-theory). It would be way too confusing to have 0**0=1 and 0**0.0
undefined, so I guess is best to follow convention.
[now, I would really like to see 0/0=nan...]
--
Luis Zarrabeitia
Facultad de Matemática y Computación, UH
--
"Al mundo nuevo corresponde la Universidad nueva"
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA
280 aniversario