• exponent, root and logarithm
Multiplication is the repeated addition.
2 + 2 + 2 = 2 × 3
Exponent is the repeated multiplication.
2 × 2 × 2 = 2 ∧ 3
The base of the exponent can be any real number
but the exponent could be only the natural number except 1 by the definition.
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