[r6rs-discuss] incorrect result in example for expt

Chongkai Zhu czhu at cs.utah.edu
Mon Aug 11 00:38:18 EDT 2008


Mathematically, limit (expt x y), x->0,  y->0 is undefined, in the same 
sense that limit (/ x y), x->0,  y->0 is undefined.

Chongkai

Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
>
> On Aug 10, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Chongkai Zhu wrote:
>
>> I can't understand why (expt 0 0) should be 1. Would anyone explain?
>
> Because 1 is the identity of the multiplication operation.




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