Why it's 0^0 indeterminate?

Skip this if you don't want to hear about my theory on why it should not be considered undefined; also this could be wrong but don't bash me about it, just tell me why it isn't true

I honestly believe this isn't understood properly to begin with, which is why it's called undetermined. I'm only 17,so don't think I'm a mathematician of some sort, I just really love math and I want solid reasons on why a mathematical property equals what it does (the only exception, which I still would like to take a stab at disproving, being Godel's Incompleteness Theorem)

So 00 is considered undetermined because in current mathematics X0=0, while X0 =1; so why does 00=undefined ? Well, when you look at the building blocks of mathematics, it shouldn't/doesn't equal *undefined and it should quite simply equal 0

Take what you've learned about math and realize the simplicity of it:

[32 = 9] = [33 = 9] *=** [3+3+3 = 9]

Exponents are shorthand for huge multiplication, and multiplication is shorthand for long additions.

So when you utilize this with 00 you realistically have;

[00 = 0] = [00 = 0] *=** [0+0 = 0] (this is not how I want to explain this, but this is the only way I can without confusing some people; in all reality what is more true is [00 = Absence of Anything] = [00 = Absence of Anything] = [0+0 = Absence of Anything])*

What I believe is true is that 0x = Absence of Anything, because you don't have anything to multiply or add together, to begin with.

This doesn't answer your question, and it's probably horribly formatted and needs to be cleaned up a bit because I'm actually in class on my phone typing this out. Hopefully someone can either prove me wrong or (I doubt this part) help me solidify my argument.

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