indeterminate expression
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg37586] indeterminate expression
- From: "MH" <petronius at myrealbox.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 05:04:14 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, as part of a long combinatoric code, I need to calculate lots of p^n values. The problem arises when p=n=0. Such an expression is indeterminate obviously, but since it is part of a probability calculation, the probability that something with 0 probability occuring 0 times is 1. Is there a rule that I can specify that would allow me to replace this indeterminate express with the answer that I want? I could go back and change every instance where this pops up with a function or take the limit, but I wanted to check if there was a more efficient method. Thanks, M