Indices

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Indices represent repeated multiplication. The expression aⁿ represents n a's multiplied together. Further, a is called the base and n is the index (or power or exponent).

Important Special Cases

Rules for Indices

Further Results

From the special cases and the rules for indices, we also have the following.

Note

The following have NO associated index rule. The only simplification that may be possible is factorisation.

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