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The Zero-Power Error

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The zero-power error answers a⁰ with 0; the value is 1 for every nonzero base.

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7⁰ = 1, not 0. Zero factors of 7 leave the multiplicative identity standing, not the additive one — an empty product is 1.

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0⁰ is left undefined here.

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