No
48
Very Large Number Contest
- A contest which took place in 1989 asked for the
largest number that could be written using only the following
symbols:
- Each digit could only be used once. The results in reverse
order were:
|
7th position
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3142
|
63 digits
|
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6th position
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3421
|
201 digits
|
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5th position
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(.1)(-432)
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433 digits
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4th position
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2.1 x 1012 digits
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|
...
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???
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???
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Can you find larger numbers than
these?
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