Re: n^0 = 1

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From: DonH
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:14

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"DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
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> Yes, take any number (n) and raise it (^) to the power zero (0) and you 
> get one(1).
>    2^2 = 4; 2^1 = 2; and so (by analogy?), 2^0 = 1.
>  I've yet to see proof of this, as distinct from dogmatic assertion.
>    2^? = 0  or is this an absurdity?  As zero is always just zero?
>    2^-1 =  1/2. (ie 0.5) and,
>    2^1/2 = square root of 2, ie. 1.414
> So, 2^0 = 1. (Two multiplied by itself zero times gives one?  Or two, or 
> zero?)
>    3^0 = 1;  4^0 = 1; 5^0 = 1.....
>

# ...and 0^0 = 1.

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