Re: 0^0



On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:10:38 GMT, Risto Lankinen wrote:

> "David Kastrup" <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:85fyspx7lk.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Ulrich Sondermann" <usondermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> x^0 is a product containing exactly 0 factors of x, so the value of x
>> is completely irrelevant to the result. Just like 0*x is a sum
>> containing exactly 0 summands of x, making the value of x completely
>> irrelevant to the result.

> 0*inf = ?!?

If A is any set, the cardinality of the Cartesian product {} x A
satisfies |{} x A| = 0.




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