How Many Digits Are in $19^{9^9}$?

anemone · Jun 29, 2017

Here is this week's POTW:

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How many digits are there in (decimal representation of) the integer $19^{9^9}$?

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anemone · Jul 8, 2017

No one answered last week's problem.(Sadface)

You can find the suggested solution below:

Note that $19^{9^9}=10^{9^9\log 19}=10^{9^9 \cdot 1.27875} \approx 10^{495,415,345.4}$, therefore the number $19^{9^9}$ requires $495,415,346$ digits.

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