Saturday, February 03, 2007

Is it larger than the Ackermann function with Graham's number as both the arguments?

Only at MIT... Two profs in a duel to write the largest possible finite number that can fit on a chalkboard.

Profs Duke It Out in Big Number Duel - The Tech

Personally, I don't know why the guy gave up. All he had to do was write "+1" at the end of it and it keeps going. But I think there's some sort of a rule against that.

1 comment:

Joel said...

I recognize that quote from somewhere, but I can't put my finger on it. XKCD?