That's only 29 characters.Originally posted by: silverpig
9???????????????????????????9
Originally posted by: silverpig
F???????????????????????????F
I'm assuming they realize I'm using hex.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
"Biggest number in existence"
What do I win?
Of course, since this is written on a notecard, and not typed, why waste characters on the ^ symbol?
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: silverpig
F???????????????????????????F
I'm assuming they realize I'm using hex.
I declare silverpig the winner.
Oh, wait a second... That's 29 character.
F????????????????????????????F
There. Now I declare ME the winner.
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: silverpig
F???????????????????????????F
I'm assuming they realize I'm using hex.
I declare silverpig the winner.
Oh, wait a second... That's 29 character.
F????????????????????????????F
There. Now I declare ME the winner.
What's larger
Graham's# or F???????F
I had not seen ? notation before today so I don't really know what it means and I'm too lazy to try to think right now.
According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_numbers
Graham's Number is larger than "( 10 ? 10 ? 64 ? 2 )"
and 10????9 is written as ( 10 ? 9 ? 4 )
10??????????10 is on their list too, well below Graham's number
So is
Graham's#?Graham's#?Graham's# larger?
Originally posted by: JujuFish
That's only 29 characters.Originally posted by: silverpig
9???????????????????????????9
9????????????????????????????9
Originally posted by: BrownTown
Clearly in the end this all boils down to an argument over symantics specifically what "symbols" are allowed, can we use 'F' and a base of 16, and if so then why not Z and a base of 36? What about all these different operators, does this 'up notation' count, could we then create our own notation indicating even ggreater numbers, same for defined constants, Grahams number, Google, Googleplex, what about greek symbols for different constants? In the end this is a poorly defined problem until such time as a closed set of numbers and operators are generated.
Be precise enough for any reasonable modern mathematician to determine exactly what number you?ve named, by consulting only your card and, if necessary, the published literature.
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Vol of universe in Plancks^3
(and yes, since I said it was a number in a volume element, it is actually a number)
The Planck Length (a Planck)is the smallest length in all of theoretical physics, and is the length of a string in string theory. The universe is the largest object in existence (it's everything). The biggest REAL number in the universe would have to be the volume of the universe measured in Planck Lengths, that is the largest object measured in the largest way with the smallest units.
I chose to ignore time as a 4th dimensional volume element, in the assumption that we've stopped the universe at some arbitrary moment and then measured its volume in 3-dimensional space (therefore time is ignored). I also ignored the other dimensions of negligible size in string theory because they volume of the universe is so much larger than any contribution from these other dimensions - in other words, I am only considering spatial dimensions that we can see.
I win. The volume of the universe in the smallest units is the largest conceivable number that has any meaning. Adding 1 to my number would be meaningless because that number wouldn't technically exist yet in physical terms (since the universe isn't that big yet). Therefore, any number bigger than the number I've described could only be "infinity" which the original post decided was an invalid choice. In other words, the number I described + 1 Planck Length^3 = infinity. Therefore the number I described is the largest number.
Originally posted by: zerocool1
this belongs in highly technical methinks