[bonanova]

What is the largest number that can expressed in conventional notation using no symbols other than three digits?

[Guest]

I'm not quite sure but...

999

I hope I'm right.

[Guest]

9^99, Which, if I knew how, can be written with a superscript and no symbol.

Edited July 11, 2009 by Brighterthan1000rocks

[Guest]

9^99, Which, if I knew how, can be written with a superscript and no symbol.

9⁹⁹ (2.9513x10⁹⁴)

OORRRR: base 36:

Z^ZZ

Which is equivilent to 35 to the 385th power which is 2.92547961x10⁵⁹⁴

Edited July 11, 2009 by tpaxatb

[Guest]

9⁹⁹

Edited July 11, 2009 by DeeGee

[Guest]

9⁹⁹

base 36

Z^ZZ

;-)

[Guest]

I don't think it is determinable

I started with

_9!9!^9!

but then realised you coud do

_(9!)!(9!)!^(9!)!

which just leads to

_{(((...(9!)!...)!)!)!}(((...9!)!...)!)!)!^{(((...(9!)!...)!)!)!} i.e. an infinite series of factorials to the power of an infinite series of factorials to the power of an infinite series of factorials

This would approach infinity

or you could just skip the recursion and do

9 / (9 - 9) and go straight to infinity

EDIT: My bad - I forgot... no symbols. Scratch everything I said. In that case, I think DeeGee is right

Edited July 11, 2009 by cpotting

[bonanova]

9⁹⁹

DeeGee has it. Kudos.