Maths geniuses please come.

• nightzip

  5 Jun 06, 20:45

  I have a question to ask.....
  
  we know that 2 to the power of 2 is 2 squared, 2 to the power of 3 is 2 cubed.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 4, 5, 6??
  
  Similarly, 2 to the power of 1/2 is square-root of 2, and 2 to the power of 1/3 is the cube-root of 2.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 1/4, 1/5, 1/6??
  
  Thanks.
• aku1b0d0

  5 Jun 06, 20:49

  2 to the power of pentagon? hexagon?
• alexkusu

  5 Jun 06, 20:54

  doubled, tripled, quadrupled and so on
• Nelstar

  5 Jun 06, 20:55

  Tesseract Root
  
  
  
  
• Nelstar

  5 Jun 06, 21:02

  Depending on how you look at it..
  
  Power as in dimensional or planar...
  
  Very confusing you know. Not for small kids.
  
  
• Gwangetto

  5 Jun 06, 21:06

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  I have a question to ask.....
  
  we know that 2 to the power of 2 is 2 squared, 2 to the power of 3 is 2 cubed.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 4, 5, 6??
  
  Similarly, 2 to the power of 1/2 is square-root of 2, and 2 to the power of 1/3 is the cube-root of 2.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 1/4, 1/5, 1/6??
  
  Thanks.

  2 to the power of 4 is 2 farked.
  2 to the power of 5 is 2 tired.
  2 to the power of 6 is 2 much.
  
  
• nightzip

  5 Jun 06, 21:07

  okie, i have solved it....
  
  it is nth root....e.g. 2 to the power of 1/4, or 8 to the power of 1/6 ==> the fourth root of 2, and the 6th root of 8. (Apparently stopped at the 4th, i.e. quad-root, though i believe, you can use, quinth-root, sep-root, etc)
  
  For power, its the same, e.g. 2 to the power of 4, or 8 to the power of 6 ==> 2 to the 4th power, 8 to the 6th power. (Apparently, stopper at quadded, i dun think people use 2 quaded, or 6 quinted, or 8 septed. )
• Nelstar

  5 Jun 06, 21:10

  Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

  2 to the power of pentagon? hexagon?

  Pentagon is just a 5 sided, 2-dimensional image.
  
  If we taking the planar representation,
  
  it would be tetrahedriod for power 4, pentahedriod... etc etc.
  
  But such names are consequences of people trying to name everything.. which could be better represented by a more easier to understand nth power of x.
  
  
• lousyboiboi

  5 Jun 06, 21:19

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  I have a question to ask.....
  
  we know that 2 to the power of 2 is 2 squared, 2 to the power of 3 is 2 cubed.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 4, 5, 6??
  
  Similarly, 2 to the power of 1/2 is square-root of 2, and 2 to the power of 1/3 is the cube-root of 2.....
  
  so what do we call 2 to the power of 1/4, 1/5, 1/6??
  
  Thanks.

  2 to the power of 2 is 4
  2 to the power of 3 is 8
  2 to the power of 4 is 16
  2 to the power of 5 is 32
  2 to the power of 6 is 64
  ...
  
  as for the rest, its complicated.
• Nelstar

  5 Jun 06, 21:27

  Originally posted by lousyboiboi:

  2 to the power of 2 is 4
  2 to the power of 3 is 8
  2 to the power of 4 is 16
  2 to the power of 5 is 32
  2 to the power of 6 is 64
  ...
  
  as for the rest, its complicated.

  It's not complicated if u know the
  
  x to the power of n is actually equals to (x to the power of n-a) multiply by (x to the power of a)
  
  And -1=
  This would have easily broke up the equation for easily calculations.