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
The word "raised" is usually omitted, and sometimes "power" as well, so can also be read "3 to the 5th" or "3 to the 5". Therefore, the exponentiation can be expressed as ""b" to the power of "n"", ""b" to the "n"th power", ""b" to the "n"th", or most briefly as ""b" to the "n"".