Oops, googolplex (10^googol)


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Posted by Joel on September 11, 2002 at 18:59:07:

In Reply to: I'll see your google & raise you a googleplex! posted by Joel on September 11, 2002 at 18:52:05:

: : : could anyone give my an enormous approximation of 156 factorial

: : if you ask for an approximation (with no specifics) then no matter what number someone writes must be considered correct... so if I was feeling like a smart*ss I could say 1,000,000 as it is an approximation and in my mind it is an enormous number.

: : However, if you want a bit more accuracy, just use the calculator feature included with your desktop (windows & mac provide them with their operating system) and you will get

: : 7.4710629262828944470838093729383*10275

: : ...or (approximately) a 7 followed by 275 zeros.

: : the biggest number I know the name of is a google (a 1 followed by 100 zeros)




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