Conway's chained arrow notation
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematical_concept
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| gptkbp:describedBy |
gptkb:On_Numbers_and_Games
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:mathematics
number theory large numbers |
| gptkbp:generalizes |
gptkb:Knuth's_up-arrow_notation
gptkb:tetration exponentiation |
| gptkbp:hasProperty |
non-associative
non-commutative |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Conway's chained arrow notation
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| gptkbp:introducedIn |
1976
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| gptkbp:inventedBy |
gptkb:John_Horton_Conway
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| gptkbp:notation |
hyperoperation
recursive 2→3→2 = 2^(2^3) = 256 3→2→2 = 3^3 = 27 a→b→c→...→n |
| gptkbp:purpose |
notation for extremely large integers
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Knuth's_up-arrow_notation
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| gptkbp:usedFor |
expressing numbers larger than Graham's number
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:John_Horton_Conway
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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