Re: making 0^0=1 and not indet
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- Subject: [mg94856] Re: making 0^0=1 and not indet
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:36:41 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gj55gp$c3u$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
Unprotect[Power]
Power[0, 0] = 1
Protect[Power]
the correct way is to use Limit[] and not this
brutal method. But with the code above,
{0^0, Sin[0]^0, Sin[0]^Sin[0]}
work as expected.
Regards
Jens
Affan wrote:
> I have another question. One of the terms in my formulation involves
> computing 0^0. This indeterminate form is widely accepted to be equal
> to 1 and if this form was used all of my equation can be solved
> separately (without having to worry about some corner case). Is there
> some way to force mathematica to use 0^0=1?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Affan
>