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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Solving equations . . .
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Zero Power
To neutralize the differing effects of any non-zero numbers -- to wipe out vast differences between numbers -- we may raise each of them to the power zero.* When 0 is applied as the exponent for any nonzero number, the result is 1. So 70 = 1 and 5378 0 = 1 and (.001)0 = 1. And here are "zero power" and other mathematical concepts interpreted in a poem.
N to the Zero Power by Laurie Clemens
He holds one photograph
featuring one man and one woman.
Three birds perch on two wires
forming an isosceles triangle over the last
red brick street in town.
N to the Zero Power by Laurie Clemens
He holds one photograph
featuring one man and one woman.
Three birds perch on two wires
forming an isosceles triangle over the last
red brick street in town.
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