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#1 2005-05-06 04:27:10

Roraborealis
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1=0

6 to the power 4 is 6x6x6x6x1.
6 to the power 3 is 6x6x6x1.
6 to the power 2 is 6x6x1.
6 to the power 1 is 6x1.
6 to the power 0 is 1.

Therefore, every time we go down one, we lose a number on the end of each row.

So, 0 to the power 0 is 1.
What I don't get is that it's saying here that if you multiply zero by itself you get 1. In simpler terms one is equal to zero.


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#2 2005-05-06 04:30:13

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Re: 1=0

Anything to the power 0 is 1. No-one knows why but it just happens.


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#3 2005-05-07 20:35:49

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Re: 1=0

That's not me point.


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#4 2005-05-23 05:44:35

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Re: 1=0

it is now... cool


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#5 2005-05-23 08:08:15

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Re: 1=0

No, it's not.


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#6 2005-05-23 08:27:47

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Re: 1=0

killjoy sad


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#7 2005-05-30 23:00:07

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Re: 1=0

i hope ur happy. u made stewie cry


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#8 2005-06-23 05:16:34

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Re: 1=0

It is NOT saying that multiplying zero by itself will equal one. Just look at 6 to the power 0. There is no 6 in your equation, only a 1. The "6x" part has been "lost" as a "number on the end of each row".

You're multiplying zero, zero times, and in essence doing nothing at all. Since the default is one, the answer is one.

Roraborealis wrote:

6 to the power 4 is 6x6x6x6x1.
6 to the power 3 is 6x6x6x1.
6 to the power 2 is 6x6x1.
6 to the power 1 is 6x1.
6 to the power 0 is 1.

Therefore, every time we go down one, we lose a number on the end of each row.

So, 0 to the power 0 is 1.
What I don't get is that it's saying here that if you multiply zero by itself you get 1. In simpler terms one is equal to zero.

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#9 2005-06-23 08:17:00

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Re: 1=0

Isn't the rule that x^0=1 when x =/= 0? (Sorry for the rubbish non-equal sign)


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#10 2005-06-23 11:06:44

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Re: 1=0

See What is 0 to the 0 power? for a good discussion of this topic.


2 + 2 = 5, for large values of 2.

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#11 2005-06-23 23:23:57

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Re: 1=0

IDIOTIC,
x=0 raise to 0.taking log,
log x=log0 raise to 0 or
log x=0 log0
log x=0[since 0* any number = 0)
but, log 1=0
so, x=1

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#12 2005-06-27 12:19:38

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Re: 1=0

ckvijayakumar wrote:

... log x=0 log0...

The flaw in your proof is that the domain of the log function does not include 0.  In other words, log0 is undefined.


2 + 2 = 5, for large values of 2.

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#13 2005-06-27 18:40:10

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Re: 1=0

Wheeeeeheeeeeee! I started off a good topic! big_smile


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#14 2005-06-27 19:32:01

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Re: 1=0

Absolutely ... it is quite intriguing.

100000^0 = 1
        10^0 = 1
          1^0 = 1
0.00001^0 = 1
So,     0^0 = 1

BUT

0^10 = 0
0^1 = 0
0^0.00000001 = 0
So, 0^0 = 0

As it says in the mathforum article, it depends on which direction you come from!


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#15 2005-06-28 03:10:21

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Re: 1=0

Aha.......I see. So there's more or less two sides..........


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#16 2005-06-28 06:42:34

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Re: 1=0

potentially


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#17 2005-06-30 05:16:57

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Re: 1=0

It's far easier to decide the value of 0^0^0.


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#18 2005-06-30 09:51:52

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Re: 1=0

Is it?

If you take the view that 0^0=0, then 0^0^0=0^0=0

If you take the view that 0^0=1, then 0^0^0=0^1=0

Haha, that is true!


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#19 2005-06-30 18:18:41

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Re: 1=0

0^0 is neither 0 nor 1;
it is simply not defined....
certain functions in mathematics are indeterminate,
like 0/0;
when the numerator of a number is zero, irrespective of the denominator(provided the denominator is not zero), the value is 0;
when the denominator of a number is 0, irrespecive of the numerator (provided numerator is not zero), the value is infinity


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#20 2009-01-25 01:34:54

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Re: 1=0

0^0 = (0^1)/(0^1) = 0/0 = (0*1)/0 = 0*(1/0) = 0*infinity = 1 , because 1/0 = infinity!

Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2009-01-25 02:54:01)

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#21 2009-01-25 03:02:53

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Re: 1=0

Mr T wrote:

Anything to the power 0 is 1. No-one knows why but it just happens.

This is to fulfill the laws of exponents which state


We know
.

However,

or
or
or

are not defined.


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#22 2009-02-24 17:00:59

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Re: 1=0


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#23 2019-12-25 20:33:10

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Re: 1=0

MathsIsFun wrote:

Absolutely ... it is quite intriguing.

100000^0 = 1
        10^0 = 1
          1^0 = 1
0.00001^0 = 1
So,     0^0 = 1

BUT

0^10 = 0
0^1 = 0
0^0.00000001 = 0
So, 0^0 = 0

As it says in the mathforum article, it depends on which direction you come from!

My humorous professor during college would say that statistically, the result is ½ since we add both results then take the average. That's what he said when he was discussing whether 0 divided by 0 equals 0 or 1.


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#24 2019-12-25 20:46:56

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Re: 1=0

Monox D. I-Fly wrote:
MathsIsFun wrote:

Absolutely ... it is quite intriguing.

100000^0 = 1
        10^0 = 1
          1^0 = 1
0.00001^0 = 1
So,     0^0 = 1

BUT

0^10 = 0
0^1 = 0
0^0.00000001 = 0
So, 0^0 = 0

As it says in the mathforum article, it depends on which direction you come from!

My humorous professor during college would say that statistically, the result is ½ since we add both results then take the average. That's what he said when he was discussing whether 0 divided by 0 equals 0 or 1.

0 or 1 may seem logical, not mathematical, strictly! It is Neither!


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