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2026-05-07 19:33 UTC
@paul@m.pcgt.link OK, let me see if my math is still good:
10↑↑3 m = 10 ** 10 ** 10 m
Now in quetta m, or Qm, or 10 ** 30 m:
10 ** 10 ** 10 / 10 ** 30 = 10 ** ( 10 ** 10 - 30 ) = 9'999'970 Qm
At least Claude has the same result (I asked it afterwards).
So a hectoknuthmeter is 9'999'970 quetta meters.
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@ligasser@social.epfl.ch 2026-05-07 19:37
@paul@m.pcgt.link But I learnt that it's definitely very small compared to Graham's number, which is very small compared to TREE(3) which is surprising, as TREE(1) = 1 TREE(2) = 3 But, as my wife said: "why?"