[seqfan] Re: Without any discussion

[Rob Pratt]

Mma is inconsistent:

Sum[Binomial[n,k](-1)^k,{k,0,n}] returns KroneckerDelta[n],
which for n = 0 implies, by the binomial theorem, that 0^0 = 1.

Rob

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Subject: [seqfan] Re: Without any discussion

Zak said:

> Mathematica is unfortunate:

In[2]:= 0^0
Out[2]= Indeterminate


No, Mma is correct.

Neil


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