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Other authors leave 0 0 undefined because 0 0 is an indeterminate form: f(t), g(t) → 0 does not imply f(t) g(t) → 1. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] There do not seem to be any authors assigning 0 0 a specific value other than 1.
Indeterminate form is a mathematical expression that can obtain any value depending on circumstances. In calculus , it is usually possible to compute the limit of the sum, difference, product, quotient or power of two functions by taking the corresponding combination of the separate limits of each respective function.
That is, 0 is an identity element (or neutral element) with respect to addition. Subtraction: x − 0 = x and 0 − x = −x. Multiplication: x · 0 = 0 · x = 0. Division: 0 / x = 0, for nonzero x. But x / 0 is undefined, because 0 has no multiplicative inverse (no real number multiplied by 0 produces 1), a consequence of the ...
0 divided by 0 is also undefined. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:28, 15 May 2016 (UTC) But for continuous functions, it's important to point out that it's not indeterminate just because it evaluates numerically to 0/0. x^2/x is not indeterminant undefined for any value of x even though straight substitution is 0/0. The answer is ...
In the second case, indeterminate generally indicates that a value or property can have many meaningful definitions. Additionally, it seems to be generally accepted that undefined values may not be safely used within a particular formal system, whereas indeterminate values might be, depending on the relevant rules of the particular formal ...
Cancelling 0 from both sides yields =, a false statement. The fallacy here arises from the assumption that it is legitimate to cancel 0 like any other number, whereas, in fact, doing so is a form of division by 0. Using algebra, it is possible to disguise a division by zero [17] to obtain an invalid proof. For example: [18]
A fundamental property of an indeterminate is that it can be substituted with any mathematical expressions to which the same operations apply as the operations applied to the indeterminate. Some authors of abstract algebra textbooks define an indeterminate over a ring R as an element of a larger ring that is transcendental over R.
The expressions 0 0, ∞ 0 and 1 ∞ are considered indeterminate forms when they occur as limits (just like ∞ × 0), and the question of whether zero to the zero power should be defined as 1 has divided opinion. If the output is considered as undefined when a parameter is undefined, then pow(1, qNaN) should produce a qNaN.