February 2012
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0^0 still wishes it were equal to 1 (but it still...
Here’s a little supplement to the last post. I mentioned before that there are several reasons somebody might try to define 0^0 := 1. The big reason before (flawed though it turned out to be) involved calculus and limits. But there’s an entirely different way to interpret the expression y^x which puts 0^0 in an intriguing different light.
If X and Y are sets, with |X|= x and |Y| =...
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0^0 wishes it were equal to 1 (but it's not)
Hey folks. It’s been a long time. I’ve had lots of things on the brain, along with lots of new responsibilities, and I just kind of fell out of the posting spirit around here (though I’ve still been reading others’ blogs regularly).
Anyway, maybe a short and easy math post will get me back into the swing of things (no promises on that). Here’s something irksome. ...