0^0=Indeterminate quantity right ?

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From: Pratik Parikh
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 20:06

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If 0 to the power of 0 = indeterminate quantity then why do some calculators
like the one we get with MS Windows and Linux show 0^0=1?

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From: "Pratik Parikh" <pratik_parikh82@hotmail.com>
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