Re: power overflow
- Posted by Martin Stachon <martin.stachon at worldonline.cz> Jun 04, 2002
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antoine tammer wrote:
> Just a question on power(0,0),
> I thought any number raised to power 0 was 1,
> is this the only exceprion on that rule?
power(x,0) = power(x,-1)*power(x,1)=(1/x)*(x/1)=x/x=1
but for 0 :
power(0,0) = power(0,-1)*power(0,1)=(1/0)*(0/1)=0/0
In the math I've been taught so far, division by zero
is not defined.
Martin
