Tuesday, 16 December 2014

elementary set theory - What values of 00 would be consistent with the Laws of Exponents?

I am using the following fundamental properties of exponentiation on N as as basis for this discussion:



(1) 01=0



(2) xN(x0x0=1)




(3) x,yN(xy+1=xyx)



Missing, of course, is a value for 00. But only 00=0 or 1 are consistent with the Laws of Exponents:



(4) x,y,zN(xy+z=xyxz)



(5) x,y,zN(xy z=(xy)z)



EDIT:




From (5), we must have (00)2=00×2=00. Therefore, 00=0 or 1. Is this correct?



Is there any way to eliminate 0 (or 1) as a possible value, with reference to the fundamental properties or the laws of exponents?

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