-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 04 October 2008 23:04:08 Robert Holtzman wrote: >> You're right about x^0 >> of course but your example of x^(1 + -1) doesn't look right. x^(1 + -1) >> reduces to x^0 not x * 1/x. > > x^0 = 1 x*1/x = 1, so they are the same. To take concrete examples: x^2 * > x^3 = x^(2+3) = x^5, say 2^2 * 2^3 = 8 * 16 = 128, 2^5 = 128 > Which number base are you using? In base 10, 2^2 * 2^3 = 2^5 = 4 * 8 = 32 ;-)
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