Talk:Skewes' number

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The results from google are confusing, can't guarantee the accuracy of this article. كسيپ Cyp 13:32 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I believe the treatment in mathworld, which this article follows, is wrong. I edited the article to reflect my current understanding. AxelBoldt 14:06, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)

So, what's the best known lower bound for Skewes' number? this seems a rather interesting mathematical constant.

How is it that e^{e^{e^{79}}} \approx 10^{10^{10^{34}}} if

e^{e^{e^{79}}} \approx
e^{e^{2.038 \times 10^{34}}} =
e^{\left(e^{2.038} \right)^{10^{34}}} \approx
e^{7.677^{10^{34}}} <<
10^{10^{10^{34}}}

MIT Trekkie 07:35, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

With really large numbers, the concept of approximately equal is much broader, since such numbers are difficult to even write down with precision. For example, e^{e^{e^{79}}} \approx 10^{10^{10^{33.9470483816574311735621520930}}}. A small uprounding in the last exponent causes an enormous increase in the power tower, but they are so large numbers that nobody can notice. However, I'll change the text to a slightly more accurate value.--Army1987 15:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Is Skewes' first name Samuel or Stanley? The :de wiki says Stanley, but I always thought it was Samuel. Both have references on Google.

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