sage: 2^3^4^5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/<ipython console> in <module>()
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sage/rings/integer.so
in sage.rings.integer.Integer.__pow__ (sage/rings/integer.c:12114)()
RuntimeError: exponent must be at most 9223372036854775807
sage: float(2^3^4^5)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/<ipython console> in <module>()
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sage/rings/integer.so
in sage.rings.integer.Integer.__pow__ (sage/rings/integer.c:12114)()
RuntimeError: exponent must be at most 9223372036854775807
sage: long(2^3^4^5)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/<ipython console> in <module>()
/home/bb/sage-4.3.5/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sage/rings/integer.so
in sage.rings.integer.Integer.__pow__ (sage/rings/integer.c:12114)()
RuntimeError: exponent must be at most 9223372036854775807
sage:
I get a runtime error, but just would expect infinity! Is there
something wrong or any explanation?
This works:
sage: 2^3^4^2
and results in a huge number!
Tnx & Regards BB
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