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He's gonna be walking for a little bit (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago (35 children)

I don't get it. Is "tree" some kind of notation?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (30 children)

Yes, TREE(3) is larger than a googolplex or even graham’s number.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why do I always feel like I need a PhD to understand even the first paragraph of Wikipedia articles about math. Is that just me?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

yeah where's the Simple English Wikipedia article for Graham's number

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Graham’s number is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to Graham’s number.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Go get your PhD and write one yourself!

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