Calculating 3^3^3^3^3^3 etc (1 Viewer)

[davidbarnes]

How would I calculate on a graphics calculator 1^3
then take that answer and have 1answer^3
then 2answer^3
all the way up to 49answer^3 ?

 

[darkliight]

So, you want to calc 1^3 (which equals 1), then 1^(answer^3) = 1^(1^3) = 1^1 = 1.

Then 2^(1^3) = 2.
3^(2^3) = 3^8 = 6561.
4^(6561^3) = 4^282429536481 = a number so big my computer can't deal with it.

So, are you sure this is what you want? Did you word this wrong? Or don't I get it?

Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetration if you want.

 

[davidbarnes]

Thats what I want to calculate

 

[jb_nc]

The answer is infinity.

 

[jb_nc]

lol

no im serious i put that into matlab and i got "inf"

 

[watatank]

no im serious i put that into matlab and i got "inf"

you don't need matlab to do that lol. isn't it obvious?

 

[jb_nc]

you don't need matlab to do that lol. isn't it obvious?

well no, its a number, but a number so large it cannot be defined

 

[darkliight]

well no, its a number, but a number so large it cannot be defined

Hmm, didn't the OP already define it? It guess it just can't be represented using base 10 digits only /shrug