Everyone knows the following:
$$0^x = 0 \quad \wedge \quad x^0 = 1 , \quad\forall x \in R^*$$
One morning, I wake up asking myself the question "$\text{What is $0^0$, then?}$".
So, I did what any curious highschool student would do, I tried to figure it out using algebra
$$0^0 = 0^{x-x} = \frac{0^x}{0^x} = \frac{0}{0} = \text{undefined}$$
...and I can't seem to not divide by zero every time I try.
But then, using the concept of limits, I can sort of say what it could be.
$$\lim_{x \to 0} 0^x = 0 \quad\wedge\quad \lim_{x \to 0} x^0 = 1$$
Yeah, that doesn't provide me with much clarity either.
From my perspective there's a 50% chance that it is $1$ and a 50% chance that it's $0$.
$$\text{So, probabilistically it's } ^1/_2 \text{ !??}$$
Almost all calculators that I put it into gives me back Math Error
.
But oddly enough Google says otherwise
Thanks to this Numberphile video, I realize that there can't be a proper definition for it.
But many still define it to be $1$ for many more reasons. I wish to understand these reasons. I would like some proofs for this.
Hence, I seek proofs inclined (biased) to saying that $0^0 = 1$
EDIT: I've changed the question slightly to avoid being a duplicate.
Thank you.
Answer
Perhaps the strongest reason why some people insist that $\;0^0=1\;$ is that
$$\text{For}\;\;0 Yet $\;x^x\;$ is undefined for lots of negative values in any neighborhood of zero...
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