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What's the largest number you can represent with 3 digits? Nope. It's not 999
- greenyoda 11y agoAlso, the question didn't specify that you need to use digits in base-10. I can represent a much bigger number with three base-64 digits than with three base-10 digits. [edited to remove an obviously stupid mistake]
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- RogerL 11y ago9^9^9 = 9^(9^9) = 9^387420489
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- AnimalMuppet 11y agoSure, but 63^63^63 > 9^9^9.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoWow. Dad of the year nominee.
- al2o3cr 11y agoSeems like splitting hairs and intentionally misreading "digits" in a sense different from the dictionary one. And for that matter, the kid was wrong. Consider 9 -> 9 -> 9 in chained arrow notation, for instance - it's WAAAAAAAAY bigger than the exponent tower...
- dalke 11y agoThat requires an arrow. It's possible to beat (9⁹)⁹ using tetration notation and no symbols other than 9. ⁹9 is 9^(9^(9^(9^(9^(9^(9^(9^9))))))), which is rather larger than (9⁹)⁹. ⁹(⁹9) is just icing on the cake. I'm almost certain the story is a fake.
- mehh 11y agoLoad of bollocks, don't believe this contrived story for a second.
- gaur 11y agoRegardless of the veracity, it reads like a revenge fantasy written by a high-school student. The dialog is cartoonish: > Amazingly, he thought that would make me want to back down. > "OK. Do it." > The three of them were mid-stance, not yet fully risen from their seats, and they froze. > "Beg pardon?" asked the superintendent. > "I said, do it. As in, make it happen. As in, execute that course of action."