> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Jay Belanger
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> I still don't see any way in which defining 0^0 = 1 gives a wrong
> answer.
How about this:
sum(0^I,I,A,B) gives 0.
But if A=0,B=10 and you define 0^0 to be 1, then then answer comes out 1.
So either the sum simplification is wrong or 0^0 cannot be 1.
Which would you prefer?
By the way, Mathematica gives 0 for the sum, but if A, B=10 it gives an
error about 0^0
And the Sum[0^k,{k,0,b}] returns unevaluated.
RJF