[Maxima] 0^0 question

[Barton Willis]

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0^0 is a can of worms; Stavros and I chatted about it awhile ago with no 
resolution. 
To understand some of the issues, you might like to start with

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.0.to.0.power.html

I proposed a new Maxima function, call it pow, such that pow(x,0) 
evaluates
to 1 for all real or complex numbers x.  Such a function would be useful 
inside summations, where we generally _do_ want 0^0 to evaluate to 1. 
 
Barton
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<br><font size=2><tt>0^0 is a can of worms; Stavros and I chatted about it awhile ago with no resolution. &nbsp;</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>To understand some of the issues, you might like to start with</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.0.to.0.power.html</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I proposed a new Maxima function, call it pow, such that pow(x,0) evaluates</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>to 1 for all real or complex numbers x. &nbsp;Such a function would be useful </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>inside summations, where we generally _do_ want 0^0 to evaluate to 1. &nbsp;</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>&nbsp;</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Barton</tt></font>
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