Crazy infinite exponents equation

Algebra Level 1

x x x x = 2 \LARGE x^{x^{x^{x^{\cdot^{\cdot^\cdot}}}}} =\ 2

Solve for x x .

1 2 \frac 12 1 2 \sqrt 2 2

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 30, 2018

Note that x x x x = 2 \large \color{#D61F06} x^{x^{x^{x^{\cdot^{\cdot^\cdot}}}}} = 2 . Therefore, x x x x = x 2 = 2 \large x^{\color{#D61F06}x^{x^{x^{\cdot^{\cdot^\cdot}}}}} = x^{\color{#D61F06}2} = 2 , x = 2 \implies \large x = \boxed{\sqrt 2} .

Note that the solution is only valid if e e x e 1 e e^{-e} \le x \le e^\frac 1e , which 2 \sqrt 2 is. Refer to equation 13 of Power Tower .

Let x x x = 2 = a \Huge{ x }^{ { x }^{ { \dots }^{ x } } }=2=a By substituting a we get x a = 2 \ {x}^a=2 because a is 2 we get x 2 = 2 \ {x}^2=2 then x = 2 \ x= \sqrt{2}

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