Re: Largest digit with a name?

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From: Stephen Hwang
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 00:00

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On Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:42:22 GMT, michaelg@julian.uwo.ca (Michael
Glenn) wrote:

>What is the largest digit with a name? 
>
>eg: million, billion, quadrillion, etc...
>
>Can you also include the numerical value
>
>eg: 1000 or 100 000  or 1 X 10^4 etc...
>---------------------------------
>Michael Glenn
>The University of Western Ontario
>michaelg@julian.uwo.ca
>

I believe the largest digit with a name is 10^10^100.  It is called a
googolplex.

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