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* [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/b/big.htm Factoid on Big Numbers] |
* [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/b/big.htm Factoid on Big Numbers] |
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* [http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/math/largenum-3.html Robert Munafo's Big Numbers], which hints Steinhaus and Moser came up with this notation jointly in the '70s |
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Revision as of 21:54, 27 August 2003
Moser's polygon notation
is a means of expressing certain
large numbers.
It's the obvious extension of
Steinhaus polygon notation:
n written in an (m+1)-gon
means
"n in n m-gons".
means nn
means "n in n triangles"
means "n in n squares"
etc.
Moser's number is "2 in a Megagon", using Steinhaus' Mega.
See also
External
- Factoid on Big Numbers
- Robert Munafo's Big Numbers, which hints Steinhaus and Moser came up with this notation jointly in the '70s