02/01/2008, 04:54 PM
GFR Wrote:A lot of orthodox mathematicians say that it is not inversible (!?!),"inver-t-ible"
Quote:This time, I go and drink a "koke", or a "cola", as you say in Germany."coke" or "latte macchiato" ...
If tetration is defined as iterated exponentiation, with
y = a_n^a_(n-1)^...^a_2^a_1^a_0
and a_1=a_2=a_3=...=a_n =b, a_0=a , thus y = b^...^b^b^a
then the partial-expression argument, from which the multivaluedness of tetration is denied, is removed by a clean definition.
We should initiate an international campaign on this subject
(Are NGO's allowed as consultants at MAA?)
Gottfried
Gottfried Helms, Kassel

