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  • Subject: [mg38178] 1^Infinity
  • From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 03:25:51 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

 Hello,
 Consider this:
 
    In[1]:=
      1^Infinity
 
    Out[1]=
      Indeterminate
 
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 I agree 1.0^Infinity  is Indeterminate because 1.0 might be a bit less
 than 1 or a bit greater than 1.
 but isn't  (1*1*1* ..... *1)  simply the integer 1.
 
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 Thanks, 
 
    Ted Ersek
 


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