The quantity that’s too huge for the universe

TREE(3) is a quantity that turns up simply from simply enjoying a easy mathematical recreation. But, it’s so colossally massive that it could not conceivably slot in our universe, writes Antonio Padilla

By Antonio Padilla

There are various numbers that match fairly naturally into our on a regular basis lives. For instance, the quantity 5 counts the founding members of fashionable UK band One Path, the quantity 31 million, what number of followers they’ve on Twitter and the quantity zero, the variety of followers that truly have first rate style in music (sorry!).

However there are additionally numbers that are vital to mathematicians that may by no means match into our on a regular basis lives. There are even people who might by no means match into the universe. Like TREE(3). Let …