2012.03.02

2012.03.02

Plans for Website in 2012

My site has grown considerably over the last two years. Prior to 2010.10.10, I only had Section I and chapter 2.1 complete. After about a year of inactivity I decided to return to my site to reinvigorate it. Since then Chapter 2.4 on the -illion numbers has been partially completed, and I began work on Section III. My site has gained in popularity and now receives small but regular traffic. The quality of my writing has improved, and the complexity of the site has increased. The result is that the website is now somewhat lop-sided with earlier work not being on par with later work. It is therefore my intention to begin improving the overall quality of the site within the next year.

Firstly, I am planning to re-write most of Chapter 1.2. The chapter will be devoted to number systems. I'm planning on adding an article on Mayan Numbers, and Babylonian numbers (both really awesome systems), as well as rewriting the article on egyptian numbers. I also want to improve my introduction of the decimal numbers, and discuss the evolution of the arabic numerals.

I also want to begin work on Chapter 1.3. This will be a very important foundational chapter that will give people the background necessary to tackle the material in Section II and Section III. I plan to go over the basics of arithmetic up to 3rd degree operators and their inverses, and also introduce the various kinds of numbers: integers, rationals, reals, etc.

Besides this I also plan to add at least one more article to the -illions chapter, and revise the article on Conway&Guys -illions.

The main focus for 2012 however will be on Section III because of the importance of everything that's going to be covered there. I am planning on releasing Chapter 3.3 soon, which will go into even greater depth with the numbers introduced in Chapter 3.2. I haven't completely decided yet, but Section III may have as many as 4 chapters eventually.

This will be plenty to keep me busy for the new year. However, I also have something special planned for the near future. I am planning on releasing the first article of Section IV sometime in 2013. Yes, there will be a Section IV, and it will take the reader beyond the popular discussion of large numbers into the lesser known and more obscure facets of the subject. Prior to this however, I want the first 3 sections to be in decent condition.

A last note: I will be trying to update more frequently than in the past. The reason I declared my site on "probation" for as long as I have is because I couldn't commit to any kind of schedule for the site. However I now seem to be getting my life into a kind of routine in which I could conceivably have regular updates once every 1 to 2 months. In fact, I've been able to release an article for 3 consecutive months now. If I can keep this up for at least a year I'll officially declare my site as active.

I'm looking forward to great things for this site.

'til then, keep counting ...

Sincerely,

-- Sbiis Saibian, The Large Number Enthusiast