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Exponentiation


Exponentiation is the process of taking a quantity b (the base) to the power of another quantity e (the exponent). This operation most commonly denoted b^e. In TeX, the Wolfram Language, and many other computer languages, exponentiation is denoted with a caret, i.e., as b^e. However, in FORTRAN, it is denoted b**e (Calderbank 1989, p. 29).


See also

Antilogarithm, Asterisk, Base, Caret, Exponent, Logarithm, Power

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References

Calderbank, V. J. Programming in FORTRAN, 3rd ed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1989.

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Exponentiation

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Exponentiation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Exponentiation.html

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