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Googol

A Large Number equal to $10^{100}$, or

10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.

See also Googolplex, Large Number


References

Kasner, E. and Newman, J. R. Mathematics and the Imagination. Redmond, WA: Tempus Books, pp. 20-27, 1989.

Pappas, T. ``Googol & Googolplex.'' The Joy of Mathematics. San Carlos, CA: Wide World Publ./Tetra, p. 76, 1989.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25