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#9 1/x and x^(-1) different

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nobody
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2005-07-02
2005-07-02
Tom Downey
No

If you graph 1/x, it graphs as it should. If you graph
x^(-1), you also get a "fake asymptote", which does not
appear in the 1/x case. This happens on odd negative
integer powers, but not even ones. Probably something
to do with cases.

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