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As imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?

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As imaginary numbers (square root is negative) are useful, is there any mathematical use for an imaginary number that, when multiplied by zero, gives a non-zero result?

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Zero multiplied by zero zero times is by definition one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_the_power_of_zero
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  Interestingly 0⁰ doesn’t always mean 1, sometimes it’s treated as undefined - depends on what type of mathematical problem you’re working on.

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