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By: Kevin Closson

Kevin Closson — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:41:54 +0000

It’s a big number but not for simple old bc(1):

bash-3.2# bc -l
bc 1.06
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2^1442
12168967954984829647628453971983395612817274680898398395183165202334\
73654688642694292925769634395082781820274467185408105693816443372208\
53815156314657613612239712834757924740882197032736054344801343165356\
55851023393690480642654585573739091163459808077560252351137310677760\
70600880461784608220142038708551171301085546463180678011346850138528\
25258691387386426550771312213642678910868232892059330844780618615710\
006156570567711150890287104

By: pitzl

pitzl — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:55:42 +0000

While perl may not be able to handle large calculations, ruby seems to be completely at home with it -

C:>
C:>perl -e “print 2**1442″
1.#INF
C:>
C:>ruby -e “print 2**1442″
121689679549848296476284539719833956128172746808983983951831652023347365468864269429292576963439508278182027446718540810569381644337220853815156314657613612239712834757924740882197032736054344801343165356558510233936904806426545855737390911634598080775602523511373106777607060088046178460822014203870855117130108554646318067801134685013852825258691387386426550771312213642678910868232892059330844780618615710006156570567711150890287104
C:>
C:>

That’s a number with 435 digits !

By: osborne

osborne — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:10:29 +0000

Thanks Pekka. Now I know!

By: pekka

pekka — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:35:06 +0000

Answer from Maple10 tells result has 436 numbers : 121689679549848296476284539719833956128172746808983983951831652023347365468864269429292576963439508278182027446718540810569381644337220853815156314657613612239712834757924740882197032736054344801343165356558510233936904806426545855737390911634598080775602523511373106777607060088046178460822014203870855117130108554646318067801134685013852825258691387386426550771312213642678910868232892059330844780618615710006156570567711150890287104