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(07/05/2009, 03:32 PM)robo37 Wrote: Sorry for putting this in the wrong section BTW.

Im only 14 so I dont understand all this advanced mathematics, but let me ask you this, is x^^0 x?

I put proper parentheses around and apply the law (x^a)^b = x^(a*b):
Quote:So, therefore hyper 4 should be:

X^^1=X
X^^2=X^X
X^^3=(X^X)^X = X^(X*X)= X^(X^2)
X^^4=(X^(X^2))^X = X^(X^2*X) = X^(X^3)
X^^5=(X^(X^3))^X = X^(X^3*X)=X^(X^4)

You can continue that ad infinitum and get generally:
x^^n = x^(x^(n-1))
thats what Tetratophile already wrote.

If you apply this to n=0 you get
x^^0 = x^(x^(-1)) = x^(1/x) = \( \sqrt[x]{x} \)

thats exactly your conjecture:
Quote:X^^0=X√X

If we put the other negative values into n:

X^^(-1) = X^(X^(-2))=X^((1/x)*(1/x))= \( \sqrt[x]{\sqrt[x]{x}} \)
and so on as you write:

Quote:X^^-1=X√X√X
X^^-2=X√X√X√X
X^^-3=X√X√X√X√X
X^^-4=X√X√X√X√X√X
X^^-5=X√X√X√X√X√X√X

but be aware that you must set parentheses otherwise its not clear how to interpret it, e.g. X√X√X can be either X√(X√X) (what is what you meant) but it can also be interpreted as (X√X)√X, whats surely not what you meant.

Note also that the convention among mathematicians is to interpret x^x^x as x^(x^x) instead of what you would suggest (x^x)^x.
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Working from right to left. - by robo37 - 06/30/2009, 09:09 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 06/30/2009, 09:47 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by robo37 - 07/05/2009, 03:32 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 07/05/2009, 06:27 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by nuninho1980 - 07/05/2009, 06:41 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 07/05/2009, 06:57 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by nuninho1980 - 07/05/2009, 07:03 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by robo37 - 07/05/2009, 07:41 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 07/05/2009, 08:10 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by robo37 - 07/05/2009, 09:21 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 07/05/2009, 09:42 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by robo37 - 07/05/2009, 10:04 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by bo198214 - 07/05/2009, 10:50 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by nuninho1980 - 07/05/2009, 08:10 PM
RE: Working from right to left. - by nuninho1980 - 07/06/2009, 12:24 AM

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