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#1 2009-02-07 09:59:05
- MathsIsFun
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"Profs Duke It Out in Big Number Duel"
http://tech.mit.edu/V126/N64/64largenumber.html
We could have a similar contest!
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#2 2011-07-25 16:44:57
- namealreadychosen
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Re: "Profs Duke It Out in Big Number Duel"
an attempt
x=skewes number
x^x^x....x times
iterate x times,
iterate result x times, call answer y,
replace x with y and repeat lines 2-4 y times
call result z
iterate lines 2-5, replacing x with z, z times
call result w
a=largest number expressible with above notation with z symbols
b=largest number expressible with a symbols
repeat finding largest expressible number b times
#3 2011-07-25 19:39:42
- bob bundy
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Re: "Profs Duke It Out in Big Number Duel"
hi namealreadychosen,
Oh wow! Couldn't you have started with 1 or something?
MathsIsFun: Are there rules?
eg. What size board?
I notice that the players seemed to take something from the previous play and edit it. Is that a rule?
Words seem to be allowed so why not "The number he just wrote plus 1". That would fit easily on most boards.
Bob
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei