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Busy Beaver BB(10) shown to exceed Graham's Number

Original: BB(10) > Graham's Number

Mathematicians and hobbyists on Hacker News are discussing the claim that BB(10), the tenth Busy Beaver number, is larger than Graham's Number, one of the largest numbers ever used in a serious mathematical proof. A GitHub write-up laying out the reasoning behind the lower bound is circulating alongside the debate.

Why now: Recent progress on Busy Beaver values has excited the maths and programming community, and a bound surpassing Graham's Number is a striking new milestone.

Busy Beaver function Graham's Number GitHub Hacker News

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Evidence

BB(10) > Graham's Number · surprisetalk · 63

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