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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Seventh power[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. - Mr X 17:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Galactikapedia 17:52, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

The fourth power article seems like it may have some notability, but the higher powers do not seem to be notable.- Mr X 17:56, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe higher powers could be redirected onto the Exponentiation page (list of whole-number powers)? Galactikapedia 17:59, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Logic-related deletion discussions. Jupitus Smart 18:14, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Jupitus Smart 18:14, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- Ditto Sixth power --Deacon Vorbis (talk) 18:37, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Multiple nontrivial mathematical publications are about this subject, to the extent that they have "seventh powers" in their actual titles. I just added several as references to the article. Therefore, this subject passes WP:GNG (the subject of multiple nontrivial works) and WP:NUMBER (a sequence of numbers with multiple nontrivial properties). In addition, Google scholar indicates that there appear to be many seventh-power laws in physics. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:39, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Just to add a comment: we have nearly 50 articles in Category:Base-dependent integer sequences, I think mostly on adequately-notable topics. But, among integer sequences, this one is far more significant mathematically than any of those. Yes, at some point adding more articles on the kth powers would become silly, but I think k = 7 is not that point. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Exponentiation as per discussion on Sixth power. Power~enwiki (talk) 22:07, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As per David Eppstein who has just added some relevant citations which demonstrate its notability. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:22, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per convincing arguments brought forward by David. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 13:34, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- To add some detail, Exponentiation and 7 (number) may be notable individually, but that doesn't make this so, even if there are a few papers that have it in their title. A better solution would probably be to list any relevant trivia (like that added recently) either at the page on exponentiation or on a page specifically dedicated to facts about small powers of integers. Keeping separate pages about every possible small power is just silly. --Deacon Vorbis (talk) 14:29, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- The article has five different non-trivial results that are specific to this topic. Loraof (talk) 14:48, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Enough can be said, and has been said, about this specific power. XOR'easter (talk) 01:18, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: notability established; no policy reason to delete. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:58, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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