Everyone knows the following:
0x=0∧x0=1,∀x∈R∗
One morning, I wake up asking myself the question "What is 00, then?".
So, I did what any curious highschool student would do, I tried to figure it out using algebra
00=0x−x=0x0x=00=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
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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