You can use the digits 1,2,and 3 once only and any mathematical symbols you are aware of, but no symbol is to be used more than once. The challenge is to see if you can make the largest numbers.
Here are some numbers to set the ball rolling: 321, 21to the third power, (3/.1)to the second power.
(levik: I guess this is more of a competition)
Rhonda makes it clear in the problem that you can use the digits
(1,2,3) in different ways than just whole-numbers. In the
example, she converted "1" into ".1" So, couldn't one just make
the number ".000000...00001" where the zeros continue on forever (i.e.
the inverse of infinity)? Then you divide that into 3 and square
it or the other way around. Or you could place the zeros behind
the one and get "1,000,000,000...000,000" where the zeros just continue
on forever? In both situations, one arrives at infinity.
The only problem with this solution is that some mathematicians
consider "infinity" to be a concept rather than a true number (because
it can never be reached through conventional calculations).
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