To begin to grasp exponential notation, begin here!

The wheat-and-chessboard story is discussed on many pages within this website:

Sept. 2023: Within “The Eight-Minute Lesson” it’s pivotal, https://81018.com/8-minutes/
Dec 2019: When we grasp this map of the universe, https://81018.com/comprehensive/
Mar 2019: Standard Model, https://81018.com/standard_model/
Dec 2017: Langlands Programs, https://81018.com/langlands-programs/
April 2018: An open letter to my sister-in-law, https://81018.com/2018/04/29/riley/
Nov 2017: Quiet Expansion-Exponentiation, https://81018.com/exponential-universe/
Nov 2017: Base-2, https://81018.com/2017/11/10/chessboard/
Nov 2012: Planck Length – The Next Big Thing, https://81018.com/planck-length-time/

Our chart of the universe is a lot like the chessboard but instead of 64 squares, it would have an uneven 202. If the three groups of 64 — 192 squares — had a transition of five square between them, we’d have our 202. If the board were 14 across and 14 down, it would have 196 squares with just three transition squares between each group. If 15-by-15, it would have 225 squares. If it were three dimensional, we could have two stacks of 10-by-10 with a single square transition of two squares or three stacks of eight-by-eights with three squares left over for transitions between boards. 202 squares is the total notations. It appears that in just 202 base-2 squares we can account for everything, everywhere for all time; that’s the sum total of our little universe!

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Sept. 2006, Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem

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