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Player each submit a number. Any format is permissable provided it can be read and understood by the organisers and a representative* selection of the players and that it unambigououlsey reffers to one and only one real number.
The numbers are inspected and the largest number wins.
The winner receives
all the entrance fee minus a reasonable* deduction for the organisers of the game
The entrance fee is calculated by some method, for example, flat rate, or logarithm of the submitted number, etc.
Baked already in 2007
https://web.mit.edu...yo/www/bignums.html
[pocmloc, Feb 14 2023]
(?) Review of a recent book mentioning the 2007 game
https://www.newscie...guide-to-googology/
[pocmloc, Feb 14 2023]
Baked in or before 1999
https://scottaarons...ssay%20from%201999.
All but the fee for entry, anyway. [Loris, Feb 14 2023]
[link]
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It was never intended to be silly. |
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The matching of price to number size is part of the game I think. |
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[hippo] you're not meant to reveal your number until everyone has played. |
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Oh, sorry. Here's my new number then (obfuscated for secrecy): ## |
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Hmmm a wily move. I will counter with __ |
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[Chair] I just read that link on big numbers - very interesting |
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what does 'biggest number" mean? ie most digits or largest value? |
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Neither - it's all about the font size |
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That's a numeral not a number - ha. |
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//how do you set the price up front?// By advertising it to potential players of course. You simply state the formula e.g. "entrance fee in £ is equal to the cube root of the number submitted (to the nearest £0.01) |
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I suppose the simplest game is just that the entrance fee is equal to the number submitted. Everything else is obfuscation. |
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How about "Ten to the power of the second-largest number
entered" ? |
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//Ten to the power of the second-largest number entered// disqualified, recursive, not a stand-alone definition. Also you have to pay the entry fee based on the size of your submitted number, before the competition is run. |
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Sounds like a "dollar auction". Possibly baked by the
campaign finance system. |
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"Ah... numbers, yes. Anyone else feeling a bit migrainey all of a sudden? No? Just me? Alrightythen." |
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<backs out of room and closes door with nearly inaudible click> |
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Define stand-alone definition. |
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[Voice] I can't because not only is it a stupid half-baked idea but the links I added yesterday show it has already been done in a much better way before. |
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And Thank you [Loris] for the even older version. A fascinating read. |
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