On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>: > >> Well, 0**0 is usually defined as 1, despite the limits being >> ambiguous. > > <URL: https://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml> > > But if it could be defined, what "should" it be? 0 or 1?
I did say "usually". There's not one single Holy Keeper of the Definitions for mathematics. Wikipedia lists some differing opinions on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation#Zero_to_the_power_of_zero I note that mathworld.wolfram.com also lists it as undefined, though. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
