Can anyone tell me what is exponentation

Question

pleasw I'm new

Answer 1

5**3 = 5*5*5
4**4 = 4*4*4*4......

Answer 2

simply raising a number to the power of another.

In python: 2 ** 2 = 4
In Java: Math.Pow(2, 3) = 8

etc
etc

Answer 3

Thank you for the knowledge just starting learn Python and my math skills needs to brush up