User:Edwin Shade

Quick-Links
These are links I frequent often and thus it would be more efficient if they were contained all in one place.

This is my sandbox.

This is a blog post in which I apply myself to a variety of activities - mostly reading.

This is a blog post of mine in which I read other people's blog posts.

This is an Online Webcam Recorder.

This is a link to the YouTube Upload Page.

This is a tool which joins multiple photos together.

This is a service which joins multiple pieces of audio together.

This is a service which can join an image and an audio recording into a video suitable for YouTube.

Interesting Mathematical Stuff

 * The 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of \(\pi\) after the decimal in binary is 0.
 * The average of the Natural numbers is infinite, yet no Natural number itself is infinite. (I dub this Sbiis' Paradox)
 * An infinite chain of continuously decreasing ordinals cannot exist, but an infinite chain of continuously increasing ordinals can.

How I Got Into Googology
It began about four years ago while I was playing the game Cookie Clicker, and upon the Cookie Clicker wiki I found the names of numbers such as undecillion and ''trevigintillion. this made me curious about the names of numbers past a quadrillion, and so I found myself on this Wiki, where I learned about a googolduplex, googoltriplex, and a googlquadplex. ''At that time, I don't believe I understood any mathematical operations beyond exponentiation so I would often just click on numbers because they had cool sounding names. I would have fun doing this, and pursued this for a few months, until I presumably lost interest.

A few months ago though I decided to revisit this old pastime of mine, due to some confusion in trying to relate a problem to someone I knew. The problem was as follows:

Given that \(f(x)=x^{x^{x^{.^{.^.}}}}\), what is the highest positive value x can be such that \(f(x)\) is finite, or does not diverge ?

The confusion in trying to relate this problem to another person was that I knew of no way to mathematically represent an infinitely high power tower of x's. So I invented a symbol for it, \(\Delta_4\), which represented the 4th "tier of operations", where the first tier was addition, the second multiplication, and the third exponentiation.

\(a\Delta_{4} b\) means "a tetrated to the b-th".

I had a nagging thought though- hadn't this already been done ? I remembered the time I had spent on the Googology Wiki and recalled that there was operation identical to this. So I searched for it, and found tetration. This was all it took for my enthusiasm to double as I learned with renewed fervor the functions and numbers I could not understand when I was younger.

So now I'm here, in the present, with knowledge of the fast-growing hierarchy, and Veblen functions. It has been quite fun actually, because Googology combines the rigour of mathematics with a certain feeling of exploration, like going into a mine-shaft and not knowing what you'll face. (I use this analogy both in reference to a real-life scenario and in reference to a game I've only been able to play a few times, but nonetheless really like, and that's Minecraft.)

There's still plenty for me to learn though, like BEAF and the many array notations people have developed over the years.

Below is some miscellaneous material that relate to numbers or Googology in one way or another.

Googological Memes
The following are some memes I've seen or created that I find funny. All credit for the first 1 belongs to Kochab1.







Music n' Numbers
Here is a list of songs that mention a specific number.



About Myself
Well, since this is the internet I won't say too much, but you most likely know that I am human. Or I could just be a sufficiently advanced automaton that can pass the Turing Test. Or I could be a hyper-intelligent dog that owns an underground crime syndicate that makes a profit off of selling missing pairs of socks to sock dealers. Or maybe I'm not actually here at all and you are just hallucinating the fact you read this, or maybe...

In any case, I like mathematics and that's why I'm on this site, I have a site here which you can visit, (though it is very much in the making). I have created such numbers as the Seinfeldplex, Zlaccalmlaeltchgylkcylthrelnth, and the Quququelekkatakimeronanoremikatakkeleuququq.

For Reference
For convenience of reference, I have compiled a list of all the blog posts on this Wiki linked in chronological order. You can find the list here.

Here I have read some of the older and newer posts alike on this Wiki, (though I mostly read that which is older because it is less likely to be updated).

For Reference (2)
For convenience of reference, I have also listed the blog posts of some other Wikis. This allows me to have them gathered all on one page, so that I will not have to jump from site to site.

= Numbers To Infinity Wiki =

March
Welcome by Nnn6nnn (March 23, 2017)

June
fjdhf by Nnn6nnn (June 21, 2017)

=CubeWiki=

August
WCA official puzzles by YLK99 (August 5, 2015)

January
Hi by Superalpha1 (January 27, 2016)

Hello by Superalpha1 (January 27, 2016)

July
'''[http://rubiks.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Daphne456456Minec/Cleaning_and_Updating%3F Cleaning and Updating? by Daphne456456Minec (July 22, 2017)]'''

August
Inappropriate stuff on "Wanted Pages" by Daphne456456Minec (August 24, 2017)

October
'''[http://rubiks.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Evilquoll/My_%22Over_the_Top%22_cube_arrived_today! My "Over the Top" cube arrived today! by Evilquoll (October 18, 2017)]'''

My method (Free2L) by PkmnQ (October 29, 2017)

November
Algorithms of the Rubik's Cube by Edwin Shade (November 15, 2017)

= Wikianswers =

March
New look for Wikianswers by Angela (March 31, 2011)

May
Collaboration is the key! by Bryce53 (May 18, 2011)

Well I can always use this to take notes... by Molokaicreeper (May 23, 2011)

June
Why am I editing on Wikia? by LiNSter (June 14, 2011)

UnAnswers vs wikianswers by A F K When Needed (June 16, 2011)

July
A bit useless... by Randomno (July 12, 2011)

Temporary Experiment with Ads on this Wiki by Dopp (July 12, 2011)

Woo-hoo! by Randomno (July 13, 2011)

Welcome again by Randomno (July 14, 2011)

Still some more by Randomno (July 16, 2011)

Big Leaderboard by Randomno (July 16, 2011)

So I'm back and... by AbigailAbernathy (July 16, 2011)

Hello there by RoyboyX (July 24, 2011)

September
How to get around? by Pinklilac (September 16, 2011)

February
Hey guys it has been fun... by Molokaicreeper (February 22, 2012)

March
Hiya, e'eryone~ by November Blue (March 3, 2012)

Hello WikiWorld by Vanessa Johnsson (March 16, 2012)

April
Which would you prefer? by Ianskie (April 1, 2012)

What's Wikianswers? by Floatery (April 21, 2012)

Uhmm.......... by AbigailAbernathy (April 25, 2012)

June
Progress by Howlgram (June 29, 2012)

July
fav song by Rick ashley (July 2, 2012)

Joining by Holbenilord (July 3, 2012)

IMPORTANT by Howlgram (July 10, 2012)

October
New categories added - 10/05/12 by QuestionCatBot (October 5, 2012)

New categories added - 10/12/12 by QuestionCatBot (October 12, 2012)

New categories added - 10/19/12 by QuestionCatBot (October 19, 2012)

New categories added - 10/26/12 by QuestionCatBot (October 26, 2012)

November
New categories added - 11/2/12 by QuestionCatBot (November 2, 2012)

New categories added - 11/9/12 by QuestionCatBot (November 9, 2012)

New categories added - 11/16/12 by QuestionCatBot (November 16, 2012)

New categories added - 11/23/12 by QuestionCatBot (November 24, 2012)

New categories added - 11/30/12 by QuestionCatBot (November 30, 2012)

New categories added - 12/7/12 by QuestionCatBot (December 7, 2012)

New categories added - 12/14/12 by QuestionCatBot (December 15, 2012)

New categories added - 12/21/12 by QuestionCatBot (December 21, 2012)

New categories added - 12/28/12 by QuestionCatBot (December 28, 2012)

April
'''[answers:User_blog:Explosiondotcom/Questions?? Questions?? by Explosiondotcom (April 25, 2013)]'''

July
Chat by Autumoasis (July 1, 2013)

Hi, I'm New Round Here by Theplait (July 28, 2013)

Delete This And That And That by Theplait (July 29, 2013)

What's your preferred method for finding questions to answer? by My Little Pony (July 30, 2013)

Going Nuts or Turning Vigilant by Theplait (July 31, 2013)

August
I am new here. by GeorgeYao (August 5, 2013)

Thoughtlessness by Signalnine (August 5, 2013)

November
Lol. by Mjduniverse (November 23, 2013)

Questions not understandable by Harry granger (November 23, 2013)

Loot Crate Giveaway by Bchwood (November 28, 2013)

December
New Here by Jns4eve (December 18, 2013)

August
XD by SuperFanon'D! (August 23, 2014)

Reminder About Not Repeating Questions by RisingSun2013 (August 25, 2014)

March
Activity Change Period Notice by RisingSun2013 (March 4, 2015)

April
Admin Mission by Hogota (April 7, 2015)

Another Activity Change Period Notice by RisingSun2013 (April 23, 2015)

December
Google, Anyone by Stevethebarbarian (December 4, 2015)

March
Activity Change Period Notice - March 2016 by RisingSun2013 (March 3, 2016)

April
Venting like a fool by SneaselSawashiro (April 6, 2016)

December
wiki by Pvz loklok (December 9, 2016)

October
How To Improve This Wiki by Edwin Shade (October 9, 2017)

= Minecraft Wiki =

February
Admin Help Needed by Kacj321 (February 23, 2011)

[To be completed before April 1, 2018]

It struck me as a surprise one could actually use MathJax with the category labeling system.