Power Function Oddity

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Power Function Oddity

07-23-2019, 12:11 AM (This post was last modified: 07-23-2019 10:44 AM by toml_12953.)

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RE: Power Function Oddity

(07-22-2019 08:35 PM)Albert Chan Wrote: Exponentiation operator is evaluated from right to left:

4^4^4^4 = 10^(4^4^4 * log10(4)) ≈ 10^8.0723e153

If it's evaluated right to left, wouldn't it be:

4^(4^(4^4))

which is 4^1.340780792994e+154. Too big for the Prime.

Tom L
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