I mean the reality is that in the same way that 2 * 0 is ONE. Or if I were using latex: 2 \times 0 = 1_{+} Because multiplication, being repeated additio

I mean the reality is that in the same way that 2 * 0 is ONE. Or if I were using latex: 2 \times 0 = 1_{+} Because multiplication, being repeated addition and exponentiation repeated multiplication both behave the same way. When asked to repeat the operation zero times, they return the unit or 1 of the underlying group, which is typically denoted as 1_{whatever} However, the 1 of addition is 0 when using the standard notation for integers