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Down Arrow Notation

An inverse of the up arrow notation defined by

evn=lnn
(1)
evvn=ln^*n
(2)
evvvn=ln^(**)n,
(3)

where ln^*n is the number of times the natural logarithm must be iterated to obtain a value <=e.

SEE ALSO: Arrow Notation

REFERENCES:

Vardi, I. Computational Recreations in Mathematica. Redwood City, CA: Addison-Wesley, pp. 12 and 231-232, 1991.




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