Brisker Math: Unnatural Powers

Brisker Math: Unnatural Powers

March 2, 2026 · 36 min

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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

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Host: Elie Feder

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