"Evan Klitzke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | On 7/11/07, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Just for curiosity: This helps to find the answer to the problem "Which is | > the largest number that can be written with only 3 digits?" | > Some people stop at 999, others try 99**9 and 9**99, and the winner is | > 9**9**9, or: | > | > | 9 | > | 9 | > | 9 | > | > Sorry, couldn't resist. | | But you can append ! (i.e. factorial) indefinitely without adding any | digits to make the number arbitrarily large ;-)
But as Gabriel showed, 9**9**9 in standard math pen-and-paper or chalk-and-blackboard notation, not the squished computer linear imitation thereof, uses three nines and nothing else ;-) tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
