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Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE
03-01-2016, 02:25 PM (This post was last modified: 03-01-2016 02:33 PM by Gerson W. Barbosa.)
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RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE
(03-01-2016 06:18 AM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  The TI-89 tops out at around 614 digits for an exact results answer so 200^300 returns 2.03704E690 on my emulator.

On the HP 50g, exact mode on:

20370359763344860862684456884093781610514683936659362506361404493543812997633367​0618339737600000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​0000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​0000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​0000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​0000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​0000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000​00000000000000000



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The maximum number of digits is limited by available memory, I think.

P.S.: This confirms Tugdual's post above, which I hadn't read yet. The HP-49G was the first HP calculator to be able to solve this, by the way.
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Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - tomisan - 02-28-2016, 12:01 PM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - Tugdual - 03-01-2016, 02:57 AM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - Gerson W. Barbosa - 03-01-2016 02:25 PM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - DavidM - 03-02-2016, 06:09 PM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - Tugdual - 03-01-2016, 08:49 PM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - Arno K - 03-01-2016, 09:18 PM
RE: Calculate 200^300 with SOLVE - Tugdual - 03-01-2016, 09:24 PM



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