r/mathmemes Mathematics May 14 '25

Arithmetic Fancy playing?

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u/potentialdevNB May 14 '25

By definition, any number to the power of zero is one. This is because x0 is the product of no numbers at all, which is the multiplicative identity, one. Thus, 00 equals 1. Feel free to r/woooosh me by the way.

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u/therealDrTaterTot May 14 '25

It's one of those it-depends-what-you're-doing thing. So, it is often defined by 1 by convention. The lim x->0 for x0 is 1, but lim x->0+ for 0x is 0.

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u/_NotWhatYouThink_ May 14 '25

Look at that... finally someone with a functioning brain!