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For any real number a and any positive integer n the product of n factors each equal to a is denoted by an. Then if m is a positive integer. We define a−n to be the reciprocal of an.
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© 1980 C. W. Celia, A. T. F. Nice & K. F. Elliott
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Celia, C.W., Nice, A.T.F., Elliott, K.F. (1980). Natural logarithms and the exponential function. In: Plumpton, C. (eds) Advanced mathematics 1. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08303-9_11
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