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Graham's Number.
I'm pretty sure this is the largest number known that isn't infinity. If you have no idea what Graham's number is, just google it, and you'll be pretty shocked if you understand the math behind it.
Every time I try to understand how big Graham's number is, it makes my head hurt, yet I can somehow figure it out and make *some* sense if it. It's weird.
I'm not going to talk about how to calculate Graham's number, because it's pretty boring and very hard to conceptually understand. At least, that's how I see it. You can do that on your own; unless you REALLY want me to try to explain it
In laymen's terms, Graham's number is so ****ing huge that if you had the total number of digits in Graham's number be the size of a Planck length (equal to 1.6*10^-35 meters, which is 10^-20th the size of a proton) fill the entire volume of the observable universe, it would be FAR too small for Graham's number. It's THAT big.
Just some random musings of mine late at night. I love trying to read up on things like Graham's number and trying to understand their true magnitude.
Graham's Number.
I'm pretty sure this is the largest number known that isn't infinity. If you have no idea what Graham's number is, just google it, and you'll be pretty shocked if you understand the math behind it.
Every time I try to understand how big Graham's number is, it makes my head hurt, yet I can somehow figure it out and make *some* sense if it. It's weird.
I'm not going to talk about how to calculate Graham's number, because it's pretty boring and very hard to conceptually understand. At least, that's how I see it. You can do that on your own; unless you REALLY want me to try to explain it
In laymen's terms, Graham's number is so ****ing huge that if you had the total number of digits in Graham's number be the size of a Planck length (equal to 1.6*10^-35 meters, which is 10^-20th the size of a proton) fill the entire volume of the observable universe, it would be FAR too small for Graham's number. It's THAT big.
Just some random musings of mine late at night. I love trying to read up on things like Graham's number and trying to understand their true magnitude.