niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareAs imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarebstixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoZero multiplied by zero zero times is by definition one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_the_power_of_zero
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoInterestingly 00 doesn’t always mean 1, sometimes it’s treated as undefined - depends on what type of mathematical problem you’re working on.
Zero multiplied by zero zero times is by definition one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_the_power_of_zero
Interestingly 00 doesn’t always mean 1, sometimes it’s treated as undefined - depends on what type of mathematical problem you’re working on.