The mythical tree problem is a combinatorial problem created by Harvey Friedman. In the problem, the tree has a strange growth pattern. In the first stage, the tree grows k branches, forming k treetops. In the next stage, one of the treetops forms k+1 branches, increasing the number of treetops. The problem asks: what is the maximum number of branch segments a tree starting at k branches grow at once, during the tree's final stage of growth, provided that a squirrel can go from the root to any treetop without navigating more than four branch segments? Friedman has shown that:
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| - The mythical tree problem is a combinatorial problem created by Harvey Friedman. In the problem, the tree has a strange growth pattern. In the first stage, the tree grows k branches, forming k treetops. In the next stage, one of the treetops forms k+1 branches, increasing the number of treetops. The problem asks: what is the maximum number of branch segments a tree starting at k branches grow at once, during the tree's final stage of growth, provided that a squirrel can go from the root to any treetop without navigating more than four branch segments? Friedman has shown that:
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| - The mythical tree problem is a combinatorial problem created by Harvey Friedman. In the problem, the tree has a strange growth pattern. In the first stage, the tree grows k branches, forming k treetops. In the next stage, one of the treetops forms k+1 branches, increasing the number of treetops. The problem asks: what is the maximum number of branch segments a tree starting at k branches grow at once, during the tree's final stage of growth, provided that a squirrel can go from the root to any treetop without navigating more than four branch segments? Friedman has shown that:
* k = 2 corresponds to 21,990,232,555,518 segments
* k = 3 corresponds to a value > 2295
* k = 4 corresponds to a value > 2 ↑↑ 2295
* The growth rate of the number of segments as a function of k can be generalized to be similar to that of the Ackermann function.
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