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Re:0^0 by Aardwolf on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:07AM (#7521706)
Isn't that a circular definition, since, exp is e^x?
Re:0^0 by thomasahle on Thursday April 03, 2014 @06:38AM (#7521956)
We can just define exp as:

  exp(x) = 1 + x/1! + x*x/2! + x*x*x/3! + ...
Re:0^0 by taejo on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:51AM (#7521828)
If one defines x^y this way, one usually defines exp by a power series, and then defines e as the number such that e^x = exp(x).
Re:0^0 by taejo on Friday April 04, 2014 @07:32AM (#7530575)
Or of course just e = exp(1)