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Re: Largest digit with a name?

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From: C.M. Angus
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4dc4c6$15k@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>, michaelg@julian.uwo.ca (Michael Glenn) writes:
|> 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
|> 

What about a googolplex (maybe the spelling is different)

1 X 10^100 I if I remember correctly.

Chris
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From: "C.M. Angus" <C.M.Angus@ncl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Largest digit with a name?
Date: 1996/01/15
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