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The same as the [[Exponential function|exponential function]]. Cf. also [[Exponential function, real|Exponential function, real]].

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More generally, an expression of the form <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036880/e0368801.png" /> is called a power (that of the form <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036880/e0368802.png" /> a power function); <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036880/e0368803.png" /> is called the base and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/e/e036/e036880/e0368804.png" /> is called the exponent.