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hyperfire

hyperfire

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Ok, basically i need an answer to 4^3,079,843,747. (an accurate one) any calculator I've tried tells me it is infinity (which is obviously wrong) or gives me an answer in standard form which is not accurate due to it rounding off. (except from the novel answer from the one i programmed in vb 2010, which gave me the error message "you may have tried to divide by zero"). Can anyone point me to a calculator that can give me an accurate answer?
 
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Nanobyte

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Is there a limit to the size of number that Windows can handle? Perhaps that is the issue. It's possible the number is so enormous, a PC simply cannot store it (not enough space on a HDD). It may not be infinity but you can see it from there.

If you tear a piece of paper 50 times and stack it each tear, it almost reaches the Sun.
 
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zombine210

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jk :D
 
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WhiteTree

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I know a rough way to write a program that could do it logically, but I don't think I'd ever get to see the output. That's one big number. I know my poor computer can't calculate it.
 
hyperfire

hyperfire

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that was the point. I know my computer won't handle it. it treats it as an overflow so it just can't deal with that large a number. I was just wondering if there was a web based calculator that could do so.
 
fastdude

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Maybe if you were really serious about finding this number you could use mturk or something similar? Give each person 0.2p for setting their computer on it or whatever. But that would be impractical seeing as you'd need to setup a whole network similar to F@H

The only other option would probably be working out how many FLOPS you'd need to do the sum in a set period of time, save up your cash and hire a supercomputer or something

EDIT: is this anything to do with human chromosomes?
 
hyperfire

hyperfire

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fastdude said:
Maybe if you were really serious about finding this number you could use mturk or something similar? Give each person 0.2p for setting their computer on it or whatever. But that would be impractical seeing as you'd need to setup a whole network similar to F@H

The only other option would probably be working out how many FLOPS you'd need to do the sum in a set period of time, save up your cash and hire a supercomputer or something

EDIT: is this anything to do with human chromosomes?
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I'm not really that serious. Yes, yes it is. 4 possible combinations per base so therefore 4^3,079,843,747 = number of possible combinations. I think the logic is right. (my biology teacher said that our DNA makes us unique so...)

I added a few things to the program and have found that it does 4^14 prior to the overflow exception error. not quite there.
 
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WhiteTree

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hyperfire said:
that was the point. I know my computer won't handle it. it treats it as an overflow so it just can't deal with that large a number. I was just wondering if there was a web based calculator that could do so.
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No, I meant that even if you use some special techniques where you will eventually get the right answer (and not overflows), it would still take a very long time just to simply do the calculations. You'd likely need some serious computer power, which I don't think you're going to be able to get access to for free through the web or otherwise.

If you find such a place, do let us all know. ;)
 
hyperfire

hyperfire

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WhiteTree said:
No, I meant that even if you use some special techniques where you will eventually get the right answer (and not overflows), it would still take a very long time just to simply do the calculations. You'd likely need some serious computer power, which I don't think you're going to be able to get access to for free through the web or otherwise.

If you find such a place, do let us all know. ;)
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Oh, i see. sorry about the misunderstanding, i'll just keep looking. I doubt i will find somewhere but it's always worth a shot.
 
Troncoso

Troncoso

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You could do it on paper.....hahaah 4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4xx4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4xx4....etc.
 
hyperfire

hyperfire

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just sit there writing numbers on a piece of paper and upon being asked what you are doing inform her that you are working on pointing out the error she made so many lessons ago. That will go down well.
 
1337dingo

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im not very good at maths so im not sure if this would work, but could you make it like 4^100000 or a number that would work and do it till you get like enough to add them up making 4^3mill
 
hyperfire

hyperfire

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that wouldn't work. This is what causes the problem. Because 4^100,000 is only a quarter of 4^100,001 adding them up would give you 3x4^3mil. Just adding smaller divisions doesnt work.
 
Jshine

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Have you tried WolframAlpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com) ?

That's the most sophisticated (yet perhaps not most powerful) calculator , that I've seen on the internet.

I tried it, and the best answer they gave me was a power of 10 representation, the number of digits, and the last 10 digits to the answer which is: 5977923584
 
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