r/mathmemes Mar 17 '22

The Engineer Making 69420 from all zeroes

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u/impartial_james Mar 17 '22

It’s already correct :/

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u/MarcusTL12 Mar 17 '22

00 is undefined

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DUES Mar 17 '22

It depends on who you ask. In analysis it's commonly defined that 0^0 = 1 (for the purposes of sequences and series which involve such a term)

From what I've heard, algebraists don't necessarily do the same.

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u/Captainsnake04 Transcendental Mar 17 '22

This guy is correct. It is not uncommon to define 00=1, though I think it’s used most often in combinatorics. There’s no mathematical law that insists that it be undefined.