It kinda doesn’t make sense.
x¹= x
x² = x*x
x³= x*x*x
etc…
and even with negative numbers you’re still multiplying the number by itself
like (x)-² = 1/x² = 1/(x*x)
In: 1797
since the other explanations perhaps didn’t take / didn’t address the fundamental concept/feeling/intuition:
consider the power operator to do the following:
2^3 = 1*2*2*2
as in 1 * (multiply 2 by itself 3 times)
2^0 = 1 (followed by no multiplications of 2)
1* (multiply 2 by itself 0 times) = 1.
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