What are potegens?

Answer 1

Potegens are mathematical terms representing the number of times a number is multiplied by itself. For example, a potegen of two is a square (2² = 4), a potegen of three is a cube (3³ = 27), a potegen of four is a fourth power (4⁴ = 256), and so on. In general, a potegen of 'n' is written as nⁿ, and is equal to the number multiplied by itself 'n' times.

The following is a list of the first few potegens and their corresponding values:

• 2² = 4
• 3³ = 27
• 4⁴ = 256
• 5⁵ = 3,125
• 6⁶ = 46,656
• 7⁷ = 823,543
• 8⁸ = 16,777,216

Potegens can be used to calculate the number of permutations possible in a given set (the number of ways in which the elements of the set can be arranged). The number of permutations of a set of size n is nⁿ. For example, the number of permutations of a set of four objects is 4⁴ = 256.