En Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:30:34 -0300, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> "Which is the largest number that can be written with only 3 >> digits?" Some people stop at 999, others try 99**9 and 9**99, and >> the winner is 9**9**9 > > Since exponentiation is (I think?) the highest-order function we > understand for writing *only* digits on the page, then yes, your > answer is right, if no other mathematical notation is allowed. > > Since others seem to be reading "only 3 digits" as "3 digits plus > other well-defined mathematical notation", here's the best answer > given those criteria: > > <URL:http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html> Thanks, very interesting article! I like the idea of Busy Beaver numbers: so simple to express, rather comprehensible, but enormously big... -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list