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In mathematics, the hyperoperation sequence [nb 1] is an infinite sequence of arithmetic operations (called hyperoperations in this context) [1] [11] [13] that starts with a unary operation (the successor function with n = 0). The sequence continues with the binary operations of addition (n = 1), multiplication (n = 2), and exponentiation (n = 3).
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Computing can be restated in terms of an infinite table. We place the numbers 2 b {\displaystyle 2^{b}} in the top row, and fill the left column with values 2. To determine a number in the table, take the number immediately to the left, then look up the required number in the previous row, at the position given by the number just taken.
Each of the operations above are defined by iterating the previous one; [1] however, unlike the operations before it, tetration is not an elementary function. The parameter is referred to as the base, while the parameter may be referred to as the height. In the original definition of tetration, the height parameter must be a natural number; for ...
An infinity or maximal finite value is returned, depending on which rounding is used. divide-by-zero, set if the result is infinite given finite operands, returning an infinity, either +∞ or −∞. invalid, set if a finite or infinite result cannot be returned e.g. sqrt(−1) or 0/0, returning a quiet NaN.
Elliptic curve scalar multiplication is the operation of successively adding a point along an elliptic curve to itself repeatedly. It is used in elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). The literature presents this operation as scalar multiplication, as written in Hessian form of an elliptic curve.
Pentation is the next hyperoperation (infinite sequence of arithmetic operations, based on the previous one each time) after tetration and before hexation. It is defined as iterated (repeated) tetration (assuming right-associativity). This is similar to as tetration is iterated right-associative exponentiation. [1]
Big O notation is a mathematical notation that describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity. Big O is a member of a family of notations invented by German mathematicians Paul Bachmann, [1] Edmund Landau, [2] and others, collectively called Bachmann–Landau notation or asymptotic notation.