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If we need to define the value of the Euler's function $\varphi$ at infinity, the best choice will be $\varphi(\infty)=2$ This is because $\varphi(n)$ is the number of generating elements in the cyclic group of order $n$, and so if $n\to \infty$, the the cyclic group tends to $\mathbb{Z}$ which has just two generating elements.

$0^0=1$ is another example, which is easy to prove for the natural zero, but it is not true for the real zero!

Sh.M1972
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