Episode

Brisker Math: Unnatural Powers

Podcast: Simply Deep
Published: Mar 3, 2026
Duration seconds: 2181
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Summary

What sense is there to numbers being raised to the 0 power? Or to a negative power? Or to the 1/2 power? To answer these questions, we have to define what exponents really are. See here for the shiur on The Benefits of Learning Gemara: https://open.spotify.com/episode/08Wv2qXlQp4DmslRM0JzUi?si=50alzn6oQNi2Z7T1GkMo5A