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| -rw-r--r-- | man/calc.texi | 9 |
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diff --git a/man/calc.texi b/man/calc.texi index 97f06047773..94d2237ee67 100644 --- a/man/calc.texi +++ b/man/calc.texi @@ -22660,11 +22660,10 @@ to @expr{a / (c - b)}, and @expr{(a - b) / (-c)} to @expr{(b - a) / c}. The formula @expr{x^0} is simplified to @expr{1}, or to @samp{idn(1)} in Matrix mode. The formula @expr{0^x} is simplified to @expr{0} -unless @expr{x} is a negative number or complex number, in which -case the result is an infinity or an unsimplified formula according -to the current infinite mode. Note that @expr{0^0} is an -indeterminate form, as evidenced by the fact that the simplifications -for @expr{x^0} and @expr{0^x} conflict when @expr{x=0}. +unless @expr{x} is a negative number, complex number or zero. +If @expr{x} is negative, complex or @expr{0.0}, @expr{0^x} is an +infinity or an unsimplified formula according to the current infinite +mode. The expression @expr{0^0} is simplified to @expr{1}. Powers of products or quotients @expr{(a b)^c}, @expr{(a/b)^c} are distributed to @expr{a^c b^c}, @expr{a^c / b^c} only if @expr{c} |