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Dan Neely

9^(9^9) = 9^81 ~= 2 * 10&77

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Steve Mayfield

superscript = <sup></sup> subscript = <sub></sub> Steve

peterchen

you probably mean with three digits? 9^9^9 is the "obvious candidate", but I dimply remember some better. [edit]close, 9^(9^9). Unless, of course, you allow more symbols than superscript [/edit]

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How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions

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Quartz... wrote:

What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?

With 3 *numbers*? Give me number n, as big as you wish. I'll give you bigger number, using only 3 numbers, e.g n+0+1

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What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?

3 numbers or 3 digits?

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Steve Mayfield wrote:

(9^(9^9))

Why not (99^99)^99? Or (999^999)^999? He said 3 numbers, not digits :-)

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What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?

My guess: 999!

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peterchen wrote:

you probably mean with three digits? 9^9^9 is the "obvious candidate", but I dimply remember some better.

Damn, you beat me to it. Anyway, If using ^ is ok, then ! is ok as well... Still, you can do double, triple etc factorials.. so, theres 9^(9^9)!!.....! Wow, there's even Superfactorial[^]. :cool:

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:doh: LOL!

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Raj Lal

My Bad its three digits , have modified the Q

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My Bad its three digits , have modified the Q

Thank you.

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Ed Poore

Since you said digits, I'm gonna use Base64 ones where / is 63 I think so I think it works out as: /^/^/ ~ 3.8250822775319002673123674426604e+7141 ;P

Gary Wheeler

9!9!9! == a big freakin' number.

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peterchen

9!!! is bigger, and uses only one digit :) Or what about 99/0 two digits

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Jim Crafton

wouldn't 9 to the power of (9 to the power of 9)

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999! i.e. 999 factorial

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Quartz... wrote:

How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions

Plant one potatoe, wait awhile, get out two, give to six children. Though by then they are probably all dead from starvation so you get to keep the potatoes for yourself.

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9^9^9!

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Quartz... wrote:

How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions

Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.

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