Brisker Math: Unnatural Powers

Brisker Math: Unnatural Powers

From Simply Deep by Elie Feder

March 3, 2026 · 36 min

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of exponents and their various powers in mathematics.

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

People in this episode

Host: Elie Feder

Topics covered

  • exponents
  • mathematics
  • Gemara
  • spirituality
  • Judaism

Keywords

  • exponents
  • zero power
  • negative power
  • half power
  • mathematical concepts

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