1^∞

hay /sci/ what's 1^∞

well it's indeterminate but shouldn't it be 1?

>>5
His point (or what his point should have been, at least) is that "1^∞" is indeterminate. Since lim x->∞ 1^x = 1, and lim x->∞ (1 + 1/x)^x = e, but both would equal 1^∞ if it had a numeric value, and thus would be equal to each other.