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Graham's Number - Numberphile

Numberphile's Tony Padilla and Matt Parker discuss Graham's number, once the largest number used in a mathematical proof, and how enormous it is.

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Recommended as the mind-melting intro to unimaginably large numbers.

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My brain melts every time I watch this video [1] from Numberphile on Graham's number. They also had another video [2] with Ron Graham himself :) [1]: [VIDEO] [2]: [LINK]
prezjordan on Hacker News · 2015-02
In Graham's Number
If math can make you feel awe, you've got to watch the Numberphile series on very big numbers. They're constants used in proofs that are specific, well-defined integers known to be finite, but so huge that the physical universe does not have enough particles (or …
jiggawatts on Hacker News · 2024-05
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I love this video [LINK] by Sean Day[9] Plott describing Graham's number very well. At least I found that description very easy to follow. Numberphile [1] too has a great explanation, but I still strongly recommend watching Day[9] video because it tells a little bit …
Ronsenshi on Hacker News · 2015-02
In Graham's Number

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