Insane Numbers

What is bigger?

1 000 000 000! or 1 0 1 0 10 10^{10^{10}}

Note: The first number has a factorial

1 000 000 000! 1 0 1 0 10 10^{10^{10}}

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2 solutions

Vens L.
Oct 13, 2019

Let x = 1 0 9 ! x = 10^9! and y = 1 0 10 10 y = 10^{{10}^{10}} .

We compare x x and y y by taking logarithms (with base 10 10 ).

By the laws of logarithm, we have log x = log 1 0 9 ! = n = 1 1 0 9 log n < n = 1 1 0 9 log 1 0 10 = n = 1 1 0 9 10 = 1 0 9 10 = 1 0 10 = log y , \log x = \log 10^9! = \sum_{n=1}^{10^9} \log n < \sum_{n=1}^{10^9} \log 10^{10} = \sum_{n=1}^{10^9} 10 = 10^9 \cdot 10 = 10^{10} = \log y, which implies that x < y x < y as log ( ) \log(\, \cdot \,) is an increasing function.

Hence, y = 1 0 1 0 10 is bigger . y = \boxed{\mathbf{10^{10^{10}}} \textbf{ is bigger}}.

Matthias Lindner
Oct 10, 2019

1 000 000 000! < 100000000 0 1000000000 1 000 000 000^{1 000 000 000} -> 9 zeros * 1 billion -> this number has lesser than 9 billion zeros

on the other side

1 0 1 0 10 10^{10^{10}} = 1 0 10000000000 10^{10 000 000 000} -> 1 zero * 10 billion -> this number has exactly 10 billion zeros

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