On Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:45:05 -0500 you wrote (quoting Yockey):
[...]
BH>...For example, it is often said
>that the total possible number of proteins of 100 amino acids is 20^100 =
>1.26 x 10^130 ...
I thought that 20^100 was simply 10^130, eg.
Log10 20 = 1.301029995664
= 10^1.301029995664 (by Windows Calculator)
therefore:
20^100 = (10^1.301029995664)^100
= 10^(1.301029995664*100)
= 10^130.1029995664
If so, where does Yockey get his "1.26 x 10^130" from?
God bless.
Steve
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