What is that?zero by zero
I take it you mean, why is zero raised to the zeroth power, that is, [imath]0^0[/imath], taken to be 1 and not 0.Why does zero by zero equal to 1 and not to 0?
Question: Is every empty product is equal to 1?I take it you mean, why is zero raised to the zeroth power, that is, [imath]0^0[/imath], taken to be 1 and not 0.
Tell us why you think it should be zero, and then why you think it is actually 1. That is, who told you that?
If you've done sufficient searching, you should have found that it is taken to be 1 only under certain circumstances.
Define "empty product"Question: Is every empty product is equal to 1?
Which parts do you not understand? Nobody is going to write a new article for you, but we might be able to help you understand.(I don't understand by clearly by reading Wikipedia)
As wikipedia defines it with no factors to multiply.Define "empty product"
Ah! So it is essentially a problem where you are multiplying nothing by nothing.As wikipedia defines it with no factors to multiply.
Why does zero by zero equal to 1 and not to 0?
Why is zero raised to the zero power equal to 1 and not to 0? That is, why is [imath]0^0 = 1[/imath]; why is [imath]0^0 \neq 0[/imath]?
Actually, according to post #4, he meant the empty product, which I think is what you get when you multiply nothing (not zero) by... well, there is no other factor.For the sake of others who may come across this thread, the original question appears to be meant as follows:
Kind of like the limericks:
There once was a man from Perdue,
Who's limericks would end at line two!
Dang it! I always get those mixed up.There once was a man from Perdue,
Whose limericks would end at line two!