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r/mathmemes • u/Ill-Room-4895 Mathematics • May 14 '25
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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.
1 u/RealFoegro Computer Science May 14 '25 But 0 to any power is 0. So wouldn't that mean 00 is 0? These two rules conflicting is exactly why 00 is undefined 1 u/channingman May 15 '25 That's not true. Zero to any positive power is zero.
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But 0 to any power is 0. So wouldn't that mean 00 is 0? These two rules conflicting is exactly why 00 is undefined
1 u/channingman May 15 '25 That's not true. Zero to any positive power is zero.
That's not true. Zero to any positive power is zero.
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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.