[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63244] 0^0

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Update of bug #63244 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Wont Fix               
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

while there is considerable mathematical discussion on what the meaning and
value of 0^0 should be (see https://www.maa.org/book/export/html/116806 for a
number of disagreeing examples with references),  if for no other reason, we
could justify this with the last example: 

Michael Huber and V. Frederick Rickey
In keeping with the honored pedagogical technique of "First tell 'em what you
are going to tell 'em, then tell 'em, then tell 'em what you told 'em," we
summarize. If you are dealing with limits, then 0^0 is an indeterminate form,
but if you are dealing with ordinary algebra, then 0^0 = 1.


That said, in actuality the choice is also one of Matlab compatibility, and
they have adopted 0^0=1.

so, I won't say the bug report is invalid, but instead closing it as won't
fix. 


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