Exercise 10.2.8

Use log 10 ( F 33 ) 2 33 log 10 ( 2 ) to estimate the number of digits in the decimal expansion of F 33 . Then do the same for F 2478782 .

Answers

Proof. The number of digits in the decimal expansion of F 33 is

log 10 ( F 33 ) + 1 2 33 log 10 ( 2 ) = 2 , 585 , 827 , 972 .

(2.6 gigabytes in the RAM of my computer.)

The number of digits in the decimal expansion of F 2478782 is

log 10 ( F 2478782 ) + 1 2 2478782 log 10 ( 2 ) 1.634 × 1 0 746187 .

(my computer is not so big!) □

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