Mar 8, 2014 · Exponentiation is a correspondence between addition and multiplication. Think of a number line, with $0$ in the "middle", and tick marks at each integer. Moving a certain …

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Oct 3, 2015 · Over the reals, the concept that "exponentiation = repeated multiplication" breaks down when you have non-integer exponents, so you have to start defining exponentiation …

Sep 10, 2013 · We use multiplication for repeated addition, and in turn use exponents for repeated multiplication. What topic comes after this, for repeated exponentials? Is there …

Feb 10, 2011 · I wish to calculate a power like $$2.14 ^ {2.14}$$ When I ask my calculator to do it, I just get an answer, but I want to see the calculation. So my question is, how to calculate this …

Oct 3, 2014 · You know, like addition is the inverse operation of subtraction, vice versa, multiplication is the inverse of division, vice versa , square is the inverse of square root, vice …

Oct 7, 2016 · We can define exponentiation as repeated multiplication and solve the problem of "what is the nth root of something" by defining it as "it's whatever thing that, when you multiply …

The exponentiation of complex numbers involves some very beautiful geometry! We could do this through some algebraic manipulation easily enough, but it is more interesting for us to try and …

Take the following: (2)^3 = 8 I understand that this is 2 * 2 * 2 = 8 My question is how do I reverse engineer this if I do not know the power like this: (2)^x = 8 What is the value of x? x could

May 21, 2018 · When rigorously laying out foundations of all of analysis, the usual method is to use the definition $$ a^b = \exp (b \log (a)) $$ While you could try and define exponentiation …