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Multiplying 32 numbers each over 5 bits long obviously results in more than 160 bits. 64!/32! > 2^178.3
by tromp 9mo ago
Multiplying 32 numbers each over 5 bits long obviously results in more than 160 bits. 64!/32! > 2^178.3
- jstanley 9mo agoOops! Thanks, the issue was with DuckDuckGo's calculator which I mistakenly trusted: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=log(64!%2F32!%2C+2)&t=ffab&ia=calculator https://duckduckgo.com/?q=log(64!%2F32!%2C+2)&t=ffab&ia=calc... It misinterprets "log(64!/32!, 2)" as "log(((64!) / (32!)) .2, 10)" which seems absurd, why would you use the comma as both an argument separator and a decimal place?? (Why was I using DuckDuckGo as a calculator? I do in fact keep a Casio scientific calculator on my desk, but I recently bought a new one (a Casio fx-991cw) so that I wouldn't have to keep moving the first one between home and work, but the new one doesn't have an obvious factorial function and I gave up looking - it is much worse than my fx-991es in many other ways as well despite looking superficially newer and better, so I can not recommend the fx-991cw).
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