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- From: clong@romulus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
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- Subject: Naming Large Numbers (Re: Negative Zero)
- Message-ID: <Dec.15.05.12.50.1992.13518@romulus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 10:12:51 GMT
- References: <1992Dec12.010711.15778@leela.cs.orst.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec12.010711.15778@leela.cs.orst.edu>, Jeremy Smith writes:
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- > Some guy in Southern California proposed a method of naming multiples
- > of ten which included a `logical' system for naming very large numbers
- > (the largest being milli-decilli-fiveillionillion). Does anyone have a
- > reference for this.
-
- There is other stuff I really should be doing, but ...
-
- You are referring to John "The only man infinity fears" Candelaria
- (see the 1986 _Guinness Book of World Records_.
-
- I doubt that the following are readily available. If there's any
- real interest I can scan them in (eventually) and convert to text.
-
- References:
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- Borgmann, D. "Naming the Numbers", _Word Ways_ Vol. 1,
- Num. 1 (Feb. 1968) pp. 28-31
-
- List from Brooks _Philosophy of Arithmetic_ (pub. 1904) reprinted.
- Largest number given is milli-millillion or 10^3,000,003.
-
- Ondrejka, R. "Renaming the Numbers", _Word Ways_ Vol. 1,
- Num. 2 (May 1968) pp. 89-93
-
- Largest number given is milli-millimillillion or 10^3,000,000,003.
-
- Candelaria, J. "Extending the Number Names", _Word Ways_ Vol. 8,
- Num. 3 (Aug. 1975) pp. 141-142
-
- Largest number given is nonacentillillisillillion or
- 10^{3*10^{2,700,000,000}+3}.
-
- Candelaria, J. "Extending the Number Names", _Word Ways_ Vol. 9,
- Num. 1 (Feb. 1976) p. 39
-
- Largest number given is centilli-millimillillion or
- 10^{3*10^{300,000,000}+3}.
-
- Ondrejka, R. "From Unillillion to Ultimillillion", _Word Ways_ Vol. 9,
- Num. 3 (Aug. 1976) pp. 177-178
-
- Largest number given is ultimillillion or
- 10^{3*10^{3*1000^{1000}}+3}.
-
- Candelaria, J. "A New Number Nomenclature", _Word Ways_ Vol. 16,
- Num. 2 (May 1983) p. 125-127
-
- Largest number given is millithreeillion or
- 10^{3*10^{3*(10^{3*(10^{3*(10^6+3)}+3)}+3)}+3}, although
- millimillillionillion is mentioned.
-
- Eckler, R. "The Only Man Infinity Fears", _Word Ways_ Vol. 19,
- Num. 4 (Nov. 1986) p. 252-254
-
- The largest number given is millitwoillimillionillion, which
- can't be written down in standard notation.
- --
- Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618
-
- "S.B., with an I.Q. of 161, failed to complete his course of study,
- running away instead with his professor's wife."
- H. J. Eysenck, _Know Your Own I.Q._
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