Suppose you are allowed to use all 10 digits (0,1,2,...9) at most once each; 4 arithmetic operations ($-$,$+$,$\times$,$\div$), each any number of times; parenthesises to group operations; and you can create numbers from digits by writing them together.
What is the smallest natural number which you would not be able to write?
For example, you can write:
$135 = 12*3*(9+6)/4$
and you can't write:
$11 = 11$
$3 = 2+3/3$
$27 = 3+4!$
$81 = 3^4$
$1 = 5/3$
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