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A '''googillion''' began as an astronomer's "largest number" synonym for everyday real-world objects that are unknown and unknowable numbers. Example: from [[string theory]], how many strings are there in the universe? The answer is a googillion. In theory, there is a real finite number of strings in the universe at any given point in time. The number is both an unknown and unknowable largest number. So a googillion is a general term for all extremely large numbers. Since any largest number can become larger simply by adding the number one, all the strings in the universe plus one is also a googillion. A googillion does not represent a specific number. It is a flexible term that represents any and many numbers that are too large to be proved. | A '''googillion''' began as an astronomer's "largest number" synonym for everyday real-world objects that are unknown and unknowable numbers. Example: from [[string theory]], how many strings are there in the universe? The answer is a googillion. In theory, there is a real finite number of strings in the universe at any given point in time. The number is both an unknown and unknowable largest number. So a googillion is a general term for all extremely large numbers. Since any largest number can become larger simply by adding the number one, all the strings in the universe plus one is also a googillion. A googillion does not represent a specific number. It is a flexible term that represents any and many numbers that are too large to be proved. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 7 May 2006
A googillion began as an astronomer's "largest number" synonym for everyday real-world objects that are unknown and unknowable numbers. Example: from string theory, how many strings are there in the universe? The answer is a googillion. In theory, there is a real finite number of strings in the universe at any given point in time. The number is both an unknown and unknowable largest number. So a googillion is a general term for all extremely large numbers. Since any largest number can become larger simply by adding the number one, all the strings in the universe plus one is also a googillion. A googillion does not represent a specific number. It is a flexible term that represents any and many numbers that are too large to be proved.
