Power of Ten

A Power of Ten is a Power Function of the number ten.

• AKA: Power of 10.
• Context:
  • It can be represented as [math]\displaystyle{ 10^n }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ 1En }[/math] where [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] is the Exponent.
• Example(s):
  • [math]\displaystyle{ 10^5 }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ 1E5 }[/math] represents the number 100,000.
  • [math]\displaystyle{ 10^{-5} }[/math] or [math]\displaystyle{ 1E-5 }[/math] represents the number 0.000 01.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Base10 Logarithm Function.
  • Natural Exponential Function.
• See: Polynomial Degree, Exponent, Order of Magnitude.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_10
  • QUOTE: In mathematics, a power of 10 is any of the integer powers of the number ten; in other words, ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times (when the power is a positive integer). By definition, the number one is a power (the zeroth power) of ten.

1999

• (Wolfram Mathworld , 1999) ⇒ http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Power.html
  • QUOTE: A power is an exponent to which a given quantity is raised. The expression [math]\displaystyle{ x^a }[/math] is therefore known as “[math]\displaystyle{ x }[/math] to the ath power."

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