-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: ----- >????I?wasn't?advocating?a?0^0?-->?1?solution.? Oh, I thought that maybe you were bothered by (%i1) assume(0 < x, x < 1)$ (%i2) sum(x^k,k,0,inf)$ (%i3) subst(x= 0, % = ev(%,simpsum)); (%o3) 0=1 --Barton