Comments by "Toby" (@toby9999) on "Which number is larger? – Math puzzle" video.

  1. I'd never considered factorial as being linear. Coming from a computer science background, we consider factorial as being the fastest growing and therefore the worst time complexity i.e. factorial > exponential.
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  2. I've been seeing ! used for 30 years but still got it wrong :)
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  3. That's how I thought about it, but my belief that factorial should win forced me into the wrong conclusion.
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  4. It's not easy at all. Even your clue doesn't help me. My guess is that 99! is larger because 98×99 is growing way faster than 50×50, but I'm probably wrong. I'll now watch the video.
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  5. Why is that relevent? I don't understand the significsnce of those means
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  6. Yeah, I expected factorial to win.
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  7. ​@Bucodellozono That's ridiculous. I have Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics... and got it wrong. Too many condescending comments from big egos under this video. This question was not easy, at least not intuatively.
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  8. Very good, but that approach feels even less intuative. I got it wrong, sadly. And even after watching the proof, I still "feel" that factorial should beat exponential, all else being equal.
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