POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Small math/programming problem : Re: Small math/programming problem Server Time
16 Jun 2024 22:18:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Small math/programming problem  
From: Kevin Wampler
Date: 1 Jul 2010 11:38:33
Message: <4c2cb679@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>> So the answer we seek is (approximately) 2↑↑↑2.
> 
> Isn't that 4?

No, since 2^^^2 = 2^^2^^2 = 2^^(2^2^2) = 2^^16 = 
2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2^2.

However, in this case you can very easily give a somewhat tighter lower 
bound of 2^^2048, that is 2^2^2^2^ ... 2048 times ... ^2^2^2


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