THE VIDEO SHELF · extremely large numbers
Extremely Large Numbers 1 - Introduction
The first video in a series on extremely large numbers, introducing the topic with examples. Later parts go deep into the fast-growing hierarchy.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in large-number threads as going further than other popular videos on Graham's number and ordinals.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Giroux Studios
- Topic
- extremely large numbers
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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> David Metzler's series "Ridiculously Huge Numbers"[1] is a good introduction to this. It goes rather well beyond puny little integers like Graham's number. Yes, David Metzler's series is great and, I would say, essential viewing if your interest in large numbers is piqued. While …
speakeron on Hacker News · 2018-01
In Graham's Number Is Too Big to Tell How Big It IsRecently watched the Extremly large numbers [1] youtube series, which nicely complements Baez's series with examples. (Quick follow up question, as far as I understand, there should be a way to understand large cardinals as recursion, so I wonder if there is a (ultra-) finitist …
yk on Hacker News · 2016-07
In Large Countable Ordinals, Part 1
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.