Re: Largest digit with a name?

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From: Olov Marklund
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:00

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Ray Mines (ray@grete.nmsu.edu) wrote:
: michaelg@julian.uwo.ca (Michael Glenn) asks:

:    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

: The set of digits is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.  So the largest
: digit with a name is 9.
: --

: Ray Mines          
: ray@nmsu.edu

: Mathematical Sciences
: New Mexico State University
: Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

The decimal system was never specificly mentioned in the original
post, so here goes:

{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F}
                                 hexadecimal

                               O "" M

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Date: 1996/01/16
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