Exercise 6.6.2

Find the first few terms of the Goodstein sequence starting at m = 28 .

Answers

We show the first 5 terms of the Goodstein sequences for m = 28 :

m 0 = m = 28 = 2 2 2 + 2 2 + 1 + 2 2 m 1 = 3 3 3 + 3 3 + 1 + 3 3 1 = 3 3 3 + 3 3 + 1 + 3 2 2 + 3 2 + 2 7.626 × 1 0 12 m 2 = 4 4 4 + 4 4 + 1 + 4 2 2 + 4 2 + 1 1.341 × 1 0 154 m 3 = 5 5 5 + 5 5 + 1 + 5 2 2 + 5 2 1.911 × 1 0 2182 m 4 = 6 6 6 + 6 6 + 1 + 6 2 2 + 6 2 1 = 6 6 6 + 6 6 + 1 + 6 2 2 + 6 + 5 2.659 × 1 0 36305 .
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