Exponentiation

Exponentiation is a mathematical operation ab = a multiplied by itself b times. For example, 33 = 3 &times; 3 &times; 3 = 27. It is ubiquitous in modern mathematics.

Formally speaking,  is defined as , where   is the exponential function and ln is the natural logarithm. This allows the definition to be expanded to non-integer values of b.

ab is typically pronounced "a to the bth power" or just "a to the bth."