#KnowledgeBit: #Googology is the amateur, recreational study and naming of extremely large finite numbers, and the notation systems used to define them.
Coined in reference to the number googol (10^100), googology is a blend of mathematical exploration and creative nomenclature.
Very large numbers in mathematics, often called #Googology, are numbers that are significantly larger than those used in everyday life.
These numbers are often expressed using scientific notation (like 10^100 for a googol) or special notations like Knuth's up-arrow notation to simplify their representation.
Loader's Number
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View full site to see MathJax equation Loader's number is the output of loader.c, a C program by Ralph Loader[1] that came in first place for the Bignum Bakeoff contest, whose objective was to write a C program (in 512 characters or less) that generates the largest possible output on a theoretical machine with infinite memory.[2][3] A layman's explanation of the ideas behind loader.c can be found in the last two videos of this Youtube playlist on the Bignum Bakeoff contest. Ralph Loader explains
Update #3: Big update! I've gone through a huge chunk of my bookmarks and added 116 links to #math-themed resources to my site's links page, mostly sites I've bookmarked while engaging with my current hyperfixation around #PrimeNumbers.
If you're interested in #Googology, #Primes, #DistributedComputing searches for prime numbers, #Factoring, #PrimalityProving, or #RecreationalMathematics, check these out!
Be sure to check your kids' Halloween candy this year! I just found Graham's Number hiding in a chocolate bar.
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