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Graham's Number, as in 3 ↑↑ 3, is named after Ron Graham. [1] https://plus.maths.org/content/too-big-write-not-too-big-graham https://plus.maths.org/content/to
by iamaaditya 6y ago
Graham's Number, as in 3 ↑↑ 3, is named after Ron Graham.
[1] https://plus.maths.org/content/too-big-write-not-too-big-graham https://plus.maths.org/content/too-big-write-not-too-big-gra...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number?oldformat=true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number?oldformat=tr...
[3] And here is the man himself describing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuigptwlVHo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuigptwlVHo
- gabrielsroka 6y ago3 ↑↑↑↑ 3 = g1, Graham's Number is g64. See the article for details. I'd write it out, but this margin is too narrow.
- agumonkey 6y agoI find it stupidly fascinating how notation compressed a quantity so large in so few.