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> That upper bound has since been lowered in 1999 to 1.38922 * 10^316 here: ... > > but I have no idea if it's possible to actually write down all the digits of

> That upper bound has since been lowered in 1999 to 1.38922 * 10^316 here: ... > > but I have no idea if it's possible to actually write down all the digits of the current best upper bound. I'm probably missing something that should be obvious, but why wouldn't it be possible to write down 317 digits?

Paul-Craft 3y ago
Lol, no, I had a brain fart. I was thinking it was 10^10^316. There might be a problem with actually calculating the 317 digits though. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ The wiki article on Skewes number also notes that the bound has been lowered to 1.397162×10^316 in 2011.