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> Constructing huge numbers is easy. I'm looking at big numbers that have
> some sort of real-world significance.
2^(2^43)
The number of different states my hard drive could be in.
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scott wrote:
>> Constructing huge numbers is easy. I'm looking at big numbers that
>> have some sort of real-world significance.
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> 2^(2^43)
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> The number of different states my hard drive could be in.
Not including whether it's currently spinning or suffering a head-crash. ;-)
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:04:48 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>> 2^64 = 1.844 * 10^19.
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>> Start looking at tetration if you want big numbers. :-)
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> Constructing huge numbers is easy. I'm looking at big numbers that have
> some sort of real-world significance.
Then look at Graham's number, though whether it has real-world
significance or not depends highly upon the field someone's in. :-)
Jim
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>> Constructing huge numbers is easy. I'm looking at big numbers that have
>> some sort of real-world significance.
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> Then look at Graham's number, though whether it has real-world
> significance or not depends highly upon the field someone's in. :-)
...Graham's number is useful for something?
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:53:18 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>> Constructing huge numbers is easy. I'm looking at big numbers that
>>> have some sort of real-world significance.
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>> Then look at Graham's number, though whether it has real-world
>> significance or not depends highly upon the field someone's in. :-)
>
> ...Graham's number is useful for something?
For mathematicians who are researching Ramsey Theory. :-)
Jim
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>> ...Graham's number is useful for something?
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> For mathematicians who are researching Ramsey Theory. :-)
Riiiight.
Not drastically real-world, is it? ;-)
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:34:04 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> ...Graham's number is useful for something?
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>> For mathematicians who are researching Ramsey Theory. :-)
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> Riiiight.
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> Not drastically real-world, is it? ;-)
Depends on the application; the wikipedia entry for Ramsey Theory talks
about pigeons in pigeon houses, that seems pretty concrete. :-)
Jim
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:4b4e2022@news.povray.org...
> >> ...Graham's number is useful for something?
> > For mathematicians who are researching Ramsey Theory. :-)
> Riiiight.
>
> Not drastically real-world, is it? ;-)
Last time I checked, mathematicians were real. But maybe, the question to
ask is, "what's the smallest uninteresting number?"
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:45:23 -0700, somebody wrote:
> Last time I checked, mathematicians were real. But maybe, the question
> to ask is, "what's the smallest uninteresting number?"
That's easy, 1/(Graham's Number)
;-)
Jim
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Le 14/01/2010 05:37, Jim Henderson nous fit lire :
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:45:23 -0700, somebody wrote:
>
>> Last time I checked, mathematicians were real. But maybe, the question
>> to ask is, "what's the smallest uninteresting number?"
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> That's easy, 1/(Graham's Number)
>
I disagree. 1/(Graham's Number) is interesting, at least as the inverse
of...
Maybe 1/(1+Graham's Number)... or rather 1/(2+Graham's Number), as the
first one is interesting because it is just one of...
In fact, any uninteresting number become interesting as soon as it
answers the query.
Remind me of group's theory: does the repertory of repertories which do
not reference themselves references itself ? and why ?
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