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Notation for n-ary exponentiation
We have $n$-ary sums ($\sum$) and products ($\prod$). Is there an $n$-ary exponentiation operator?
$$\underset{i=1}{\overset{n}{\LARGE{\text{E}}}}\, x_i = x_1 \text{^} (x_2 \text{^} (\cdots \text{^} ...
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Operators - sums, products, exponents, etc.
$(x + x + \cdots + x)$, where $x$ added $n$ times can be written as $x * n$.
$(x * x * \cdots * x)$, where $x$ multiplied $n$ times can be written as $x ^ n$.
Is there an operator, such that if ...
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Why use radical notation instead of rational exponents?
I'm helping my younger sister for her math class. She has recently been taught integer exponents, and has starteed studying radicals (mainly square roots). The next topic will be rational exponents, ...
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Exponentation vs Power
What definition of $a^b$ operation is the most popular and standartized: Exponentation or Power?
Is any difference between them?
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What is the meaning of $\exp(\,\cdot\,)$?
What is the meaning of the notation $\exp(\text{expression})$ ?
I think that it's something of the form $a^\text{expression}$ but does it mean that the base $a=e$ or can it be any base?
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Notation of inverse trigonometric functions and exponentiation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
$\arcsin$ written as $\sin^{-1}(x)$
I have worked a bit on trigonometry today, and something strikes me as inconsistent.
In the book, the notation for the inverse sine ...
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Solving tricky Knuth Up Arrow Notations
How would I solve something like
$2\uparrow\uparrow n$? when n ≤1?
Or
$2\uparrow^{-2}2$?
Thanks!
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Is there a standard or common way to concisely write scientific notation in different bases?
Is there a standard or common way to write scientific notation in different bases that doesn't require repeating the base in both the coefficient and the exponent base?
For example, this notation is ...
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Alternative notation for exponents, logs and roots?
If we have
$$ x^y = z $$
then we know that
$$ \sqrt[y]{z} = x $$
and
$$ \log_x{z} = y .$$
As a visually-oriented person I have often been dismayed that the symbols for these three operators ...
