27 Feb
2003
27 Feb
'03
9:38 a.m.
David Wilson asked:
What would be the proper name for a googol? The biggest zillion I know is 10^63 = 1 vigintillion = 1 20-zillion, this means that a googol is 10 32-zillion, but I don't know what a 32-zillion is properly called, if it has a name.
The "Book of Numbers" naming system gives this as "ten duotrigintillion" US or "ten thousand sedecillion" British. I don't know why the answer from "Dr Math" is different. Dan Hoey