[net.trivia] Skewes' number

lew (10/29/82)

According to P. J. Davis' "The Lore of Large Numbers", Skewes' (not Skewe's)
number is 10^(10^(10^34)). It is "reputed to be the largest number that has
occurred in a mathematical proof."

Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew