[OT] x**y == y**x

Peter Pearson pkpearson at nowhere.invalid
Fri Jan 9 12:46:03 EST 2015


On 09 Jan 2015 11:07:51 +0200, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
[snip]
> Which reminds me of a question that once made me smile, even laugh,
> and still does: 2**3 is almost 3**2 but not quite - what gives?

If you've never looked at the set of reals (x,y) satisfying x**y ==
y**x, it's worth a visit.

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