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Re:Ron Graham has died by not2b on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @08:34PM (#23765834)
That's Benjamin Graham. (since there's another reply, the parent article points to the wrong Graham).
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Re:Ron Graham has died by iamaaditya on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @10:08PM (#23766263)
Graham's Number, as in 3 ↑↑ 3, is named after Ron Graham.

[1] https://plus.maths.org/content/too-big-write-not-too-big-gra...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number?oldformat=tr...

[3] And here is the man himself describing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuigptwlVHo

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Re:Ron Graham has died by gabrielsroka on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @11:06PM (#23766530)
3 ↑↑↑↑ 3 = g1, Graham's Number is g64. See the article for details.

I'd write it out, but this margin is too narrow.

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Re:Ron Graham has died by agumonkey on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:48AM (#23767238)
I find it stupidly fascinating how notation compressed a quantity so large in so few.
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