A Go Complexity Estimate

Problem

The upper bound MM of the state-space complexity of the game of Go is about 33613^{361}, and the number of atoms of ordinary matter in the observable universe is about N1080N\approx 10^{80}. Among 1033,1053,1073,109310^{33},10^{53},10^{73},10^{93}, which is closest to MN\dfrac MN? (Use lg30.48\lg 3\approx 0.48.)

Answer

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Difficulty6/10
Topicsnumber theory, algebra, Estimation, Logarithms

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