Say I have numbers that are all multiple of 2, I would say, well they are multiples of two. How are numbers $x$ called with respect to $a$ that are all formed like $x = a^b$?
I am assuming here that $b$ is a positive integer.
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They are called powers of $a$ (although this is most common when $b$ is a positive integer). |
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Here are some more formal definitions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Power.html Enjoy! -A |
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