The largest number representable in 64 bits
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The largest number representable in 64 bits
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Re: The largest number representable in 64 bits
#2> The largest number (currently known to be) representable in 64 bits is w218
In my representation the bit pattern 00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000001 stands for the number w218+1.
I win!
Re: The largest number representable in 64 bits
#3This feels like the computer science version of this article: https://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html
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#4(Edit: oops, incorrect numbers)
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#5bits == entropy.
Everything else is word play.
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#6Once you allow any format the question is completely meaningless. You can just define 0 to mean any number you want.
Re: The largest number representable in 64 bits
#7This feels like the computer science version of this article: https://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html
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#8What's the biggest up-arrow notation number you can spell with 64 bits?
Re: The largest number representable in 64 bits
#9> The largest number (currently known to be) representable in 64 bits is w218 In my representation the bit pattern 00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000000_00000001 stands for the number w218+1. I win!
> Precisely because the Turing machine model is so ancient and fixed, whatever emergent behavior we find in the Busy Beaver game, there can be no suspicion that we “cheated” by changing the model until we got the results we wanted.
Sorry; no winning for cheaters:-(
Re: The largest number representable in 64 bits
#10Once you allow any format the question is completely meaningless. You can just define 0 to mean any number you want.
The post addresses this very issue:
> Precisely because the Turing machine model is so ancient and fixed, whatever emergent behavior we find in the Busy Beaver game, there can be no suspicion that we “cheated” by changing the model until we got the results we wanted.”