hypertown@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoA meme for math peoplelemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down124
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minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years 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”