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Playing the five-year-old game, what's Mag(n) & Gag(Gag(...(n))? As many Gags as N, to get it back to a function of one variable. Or as many Gags as Gag(n), or as many Gags as Mag(n)...)

  —Alistair Cockburn

Mag is a function devised by Alistair Cockburn (of fuga- glory) in one of his forum pages, considering how a five-year-old might extend gag by indicating repeated application after learning this function. \(Mag(n\) is defined as \(\underbrace{\mathrm{gag}(\mathrm{gag}(\mathrm{gag}(\mathrm{gag}(\ldots n\ldots))))}_n\), using the gag function. He also never used mag (along with gag) as a prefix despite rumors of him doing so; the prefix form was coined by Sbiis Saibian, also known for coining booga-.

It is comparable to \(f_{\omega + 1}(n)\) in the fast growing hierarchy. Notably, \(mag(64) > g_{64}\) where \(g_{64}\) is Graham's number.

See also

Numbers named with the fuga- family of prefixes

Gar-: garone · gartwo · garthree · garfour · garfive · garsix · garseven · gareight · garnine · garten · gareleven · gartwelve · garthirteen · garfourteen · garfifteen · garsixteen · garseventeen · gareighteen · garnineteen · gartwenty · gartwenty-one · gartwenty-two · gartwenty-three · gartwenty-four · gartwenty-five · gartwenty-six · gartwenty-seven · gartwenty-eight · gartwenty-nine · gartwenty-nine · garthirty · garthirty-one · garthirty-two · garthirty-three · garthirty-four · garthirty-five · garthirty-six · garthirty-seven · garthirty-eight · garthirty-nine · garforty · garforty-one · garforty-two · garforty-three · garforty-four · garforty-five · garforty-six · garforty-seven · garforty-eight · garforty-nine · garfifty · garfifty-one · garfifty-two · garfifty-three · garfifty-four · garfifty-five · garfifty-six · garfifty-seven · garfifty-eight · garfifty-nine · garsixty · garsixty-five · garseventy · garseventy-five · gareighty · gareighty-five · garninety · garninety-five · garninety-nine · garhundred · garhectargum-zeralum · gareleventy · garsesquiwonx · gartwelfty · garbinary-pipsqueak · garthirteenty · garfourteenty · garboo-pedecol · garseventeenty · garboo-yodecol · garboo-nedecol · garhectargum-unalum · gartarumba · gardollaxul · garkogol · garthousand · garunexian · garmyriad · garlakh · garmillion · garbiexian · garcrore · garmyllion · garbillion · gardialogue · garundoocol · gartrillion · garguppy · garminnow · garlcillion · garogol · gargoogol · gareceton · gartrialogue · gargoogolplex · gargiggol
Fz-: fzone · fztwo · fzthree · fzfour · fzfive · fzsix · fzseven · fzeight · fznine · fzten · fztwelve · fzsixteen · fztwenty · fzthirty · fzhundred · fzthousand · fzmillion · fzgoogol · fzmilliplexion · fzgoogolplex · fzgargoogolplex · fzgiggol
Fuga-: fugaone · fugatwo · fugathree · fugafour · fugafive · fugasix · fugaseven · fugaeight · fuganine · fugaten · fugahundred · fugagoogol · fugagoogolplex · fugagargoogolplex · fugagiggol
Megafuga-: megafugaone · megafugatwo · megafugathree · megafugafour · megafugafive · megafugasix · megafugaseven · megafugaeight · megafuganine · megafugaten · megafugahundred · megafugagoogol · megafugagoogolplex · megafugagargoogolplex · megafugagargantugoogolplex · megafugagrangol
Extensions:
Booga-:: boogaone · boogatwo · boogathree · boogafour · boogafive · boogasix · boogaten · boogahundred · boogagoogol · boogagoogolplex
Gag-:: gagone · gagtwo · gagthree · gagfour · gagfive · gagsix · gagseven · gageight · gagnine · gagten · gaggoogol · gaggoogolplex

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