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In article <DCqHnt -dot- 4GJ -at- cix -dot- compulink -dot- co -dot- uk>, zulu -at- cix -dot- compulink -dot- co -dot- uk
("Steve Delanghe") wrote:
> Not to mention googolplex, which is just a *very* large, indefinite but
> not infinite, number
Actually, a googolplex is a googol googols -- a googol (ten to the
hundredth power) to the hundredth power. As you say, *very* large, but not
indefinite, at least mathematically speaking.
My favorite term for a large but indefinite number is "bazillion" [:-)].
Bonnie Nestor
mnj -at- ornl -dot- gov
DISCLAIMER: I work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for Lockheed Martin Energy
Systems, which is under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy -- but I
don't speak for any of them, and they return the favor.
