Really Big Numbers (2015)(mathenchant.wordpress.com)

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Really Big Numbers (2015)

https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/really-big-numbers/

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"Already 7 inside a heptagon is much, much bigger than Graham’s number." Did I completely misunderstand that the polygon series is pretty much the Steinhaus-Moser polygons? Because Graham's Number is way out beyond what can be compactly expressed in those.

dewhelmed8 anni fa

Just to add, I really enjoyed Scott Aaronson's essay on this topic: https://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html

sandfly8 anni fa

Wait But Why has an excellent piece on Graham's number: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/11/1000000-grahams-number.html

danharaj8 anni fa

A page on large numbers is good if it eventually points to Harvey Friedman's work.

hossbeast8 anni fa

Link?

nimchimpsky8 anni fa