hypertown@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoA meme for math peoplelemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down139cross-posted to: mathematik@feddit.orgmathematik@feddit.de
arrow-up1978arrow-down1imageA meme for math peoplelemmy.worldhypertown@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square85fedilinkcross-posted to: mathematik@feddit.orgmathematik@feddit.de
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoYou can think of 1 as the “empty product” (or the “neutral element of multiplication” if you want to be fancy). 2^x means you have x factors of 2. If you have 0 factors, you have the “empty product”
You can think of 1 as the “empty product” (or the “neutral element of multiplication” if you want to be fancy). 2^x means you have x factors of 2. If you have 0 factors, you have the “empty product”