This definition is not weired at all! if you calculate
lim x^x
x-> 0
you get 1

try to calculate by hand (or use calc) 
0.1^0.1
0.01^0.01
0.001^0.001

see? converging to one!
happy coding!

Bob

>     [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>     > Hi Daniel,
>     > actually you're right, zero to the power of zero may not be one, 
>     > but IT IS DEFINED to be one, so the calculation is correct.
>     > This definition was made to circumvent a singularity problem.
>     
>     It might be. Mathemtecians do make weird definitions some times. But 
>     doyou have a reference for that definition? (one that can be considered 
>     somewhat authoritative).
>     
>     I don't see how one can justify removing a singularity when the limits 
>     point in different directions. It's not like when you define 0! to be 
>     one. In the case of 0!, one is the only number that would make the 
>     formula for combinations work, so the definition is sensible. But with 
>     x^y both 0 and 1 are equally valid definitions.
>     
>     Cheers,
>     Daniel.
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