Exponentiation
Exponentiation is a mathematical operation, written as , involving two numbers, the "base" and the "exponent" . When is a positive integer, exponentiation corresponds to repeated multiplication of the base: that is, is the product of multiplying bases:
Exponentiation
There are various definitions of the exponential function but they extend compatibly to complex numbers and satisfy the exponential property. For any complex numbers "z" and "w", the exponential function satisfies formula_57. In particular, for any complex number formula_58