Math Equation Needed

2-tone-joe · 02-11-2008, 02:22 PM

How do i find the maximum combination of numbers in a field that holds . . . 32 numbers?

XavierP · 02-11-2008, 02:37 PM

In which programming language? And what have you done so far? (show your workings)

Tinkster · 02-11-2008, 03:02 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <PROGRAMMING> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

pixellany · 02-11-2008, 03:16 PM

Do you mean 32 fields, each of which can be a digit 0-9?

If so, that's a REALLY big number.....The biggest named number I could find was the Yotta (1E24). You will have 100 million yotta combinations.

ntubski · 02-12-2008, 12:37 AM

CLisp calls a yotta "one septillion" and 100 million yottas is "one hundred nonillion"

I guess the OP meant bits though. I would suggest starting with simpler cases. How many possibilities for 1 field? How many for 2? 3?, do you see a pattern yet...

graemef · 02-12-2008, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixellany

The biggest named number I could find was the Yotta (1E24).

There is always the googol (10 raise to the power 100), and it's big brother the googolplex 10 raised to a googol, or 1 followed by a google number of zeros, really that's unnecessarily big.

jlinkels · 02-12-2008, 04:49 AM

googol, googol, where did I hear that word before?

What again is the total number of particles in the universe?

jlinkels

graemef · 02-12-2008, 05:05 AM

Oh somewhere between 10 to the 70 and 10 to the 80, so yes makes a googol rather sizable