What does it mean to take positive rational numbers to whole

[jim1174]

What does it mean to take positive rational numbers to whole-number powers?

 

[symbolipoint]

Exponentiate positive rational numbers (fractions) to whole-number exponents.

Let h, k, m be whole numbers .
An exponential expression may be expressed in a form $$(\frac{h}{k})^m$$,
in which $$\frac{h}{k}$$ is a rational number.

 

[Mark44]

@jim1174, you asked exactly the same question here: https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...ational-numbers-to-whole.795282/#post-4994695.