From: James Propp <jpropp@cs.uml.edu>
Does 2^65536 have a name?
Should it?
(I say "yes": if 10^10^2 deserves a name, surely 2^2^2^2^2 does!)
I'll start things off with the not-very-creative name "boobol".
Alas, according to http://googology.wikia.com/wiki/Boobol which quotes the source "infinity scrapers": http://www.polytope.net/hedrondude/scrapers.htm , The boobol is equal to {10,10,100 (1) 2} in BEAF notation, http://googology.wikia.com/wiki/BEAF before which I quail. Btw, http://googology.wikia.com/wiki/Boobol says to see also goobol gibbol gabbol geebol gibol gobbol gabol boobol bibbol babbol beebol bibol bobbol babol troobol tribbol trabbol quadroobol quadribbol quadrabbol (and probably towers of babol and baobab trees). I like 16^256 = 16^16^2 = 2^2^10 ~= 1.8e308, the um, hexolotl or nibbleplex, which stands just outside the border of the IEEE double. --Steve p.s. Maybe googol should be denegrated in favor of geegel = 10^99 giigil = 2^330 And shouldn't 10^100 be a gOgOOl anyway? Or is googol log OOg backwards?