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Old 10-08-2002, 07:44 AM   #41
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Did you know that the largest number which has a practical application (use, if you will) in mathematics is 10^10^10^34?
Ok what _practical_ application and use are we talking about here exactly ? Parallel universes ?
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Old 10-08-2002, 08:07 AM   #42
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Did you know that the largest number which has a practical application (use, if you will) in mathematics is 10^10^10^34?
Ok what _practical_ application and use are we talking about here exactly ? Parallel universes ?[/QUOTE]I was waiting for someone to ask that... it's approximately the number after which Gauss' theory for the frequency of prime numbers (how often they turn up) begins to understate them (er... I mean, the theory says there are less than there actually are). Until then, it overstates.
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Old 10-08-2002, 08:31 AM   #43
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it's approximately the number after which Gauss' theory for the frequency of prime numbers (how often they turn up) begins to understate them (er... I mean, the theory says there are less than there actually are). Until then, it overstates.
I dig. Prime numbers are a funny part of Algebra (sp)
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