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2,048 is a positive integer following 2,047 and preceding 2,049. It is the 11th power of 2, and equal to f2(8) and f3(2) in the fast-growing hierarchy.

It is also the largest known power of 2 where all digits are even.[1]

Furthermore, it is the smallest number, for which the number of groups with this order is currently unknown.

It is also called “giga” by André Joyce.[2]

HaydenTheGoogologist2009 coined What about me?! for this number, and it is the 4th number of the Meet yourself in 105 degrees Celsius series.[3]

Properties[]

  • 2048 is deficient.[11]
  • Its prime factorization is 211.
  • 2048 is the name of a web game where you slide tiles representing powers of 2 across a board and try to combine them to reach higher and higher powers of 2.[12] The largest tile you can reach is 131,072.[13]

Approximations[]

Notation Lower bound Upper bound
Up-arrow notation 45 ↑ 2
Scientific notation 2.048 x 103 2.049 x 103
Slow-growing hierarchy \(g_{\omega^{\omega}}(4)\) \(g_{\omega^{\omega}}(5)\)
Copy notation 20[2] 21[2]
Chained arrow notation 45 → 2
Bowers' Exploding Array Function/Bird's array notation {45,2}
Fast-growing hierarchy f2(7) f2(8)
Hardy hierarchy Hω(1024) Hω(1024)
Middle-growing hierarchy m(ω,11) m(ω,11)
Hyper-E notation E3.3113
Hyper-E notation (non-10 base) \(E[45]2\)
Hyperfactorial array notation 6! 7!
X-Sequence Hyper-Exponential Notation 45{1}2
Steinhaus-Moser Notation 4[3] 5[3]
PlantStar's Debut Notation [1] [2]
H* function H(0.1) H(0.2)
Bashicu matrix system with respect to version 4 (0)[45] (0)[46]
m(n) map m(1)(4) m(1)(5)
s(n) map \(s(1)(\lambda x . x+1)(1023)\) \(s(1)(\lambda x . x+1)(1024)\)

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