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
Presumably it's because "dr math" is a PhD
I don't know why the answer from "Dr Math" is different...
Dan Hoey
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=Thane Plambeck Presumably it's because "dr math" is a PhD
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