Numbers, From Merely Big to Unimaginable

Presented at Notacon 9 (2012), April 14, 2012, 6 p.m. (60 minutes).

Have you every multiplied 2 by itself over and over to see how big it could get? Ever wonder about really big numbers? Starting from common "large" numbers like 2^56(DES) and 2^128(ipv6) through really big numbers such as the Ackermann numbers and Grahm's number we will touch on hyperoperation, alternative numerical representations, and the arrival at large numbers through complexity and Ramsey theory.

Presenters:

• Brian Makin
  Brian has a bachelors degree in computer science and 13 years of industry experience. He currently works at Google dealing with infrastructure and cluster management systems. Hobbies include high performance computing and mathematics.

Links:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120422181148/http://www.notacon.org:80/event-information-2/speakers-and-presenters/#BrianM
• https://infocon.org/cons/notacon/notacon 9 - 2012/NumbersFromMerelyBigToUnimaginableBrianMakin.mp4