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  3. From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.math,rec.puzzles,alt.usage.english
  5. Subject: Re: Naming Large Numbers (Re: Negative Zero)
  6. Date: 17 Dec 1992 01:26:05 GMT
  7. Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
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  10. References: <1992Dec15.210004.2556@hobbes.kzoo.edu> <1992Dec15.215022.17520@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <DREIER.92Dec15215917@lhasa.berkeley.edu>
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  12.  
  13. 10^(10^126) pi
  14.  
  15. The other answer is:  you've given two "large" numbers that
  16. are also unknown in value, so of course one can't express
  17. them in scientific notation except as convenient symbols.
  18.  
  19.                 --Blair
  20.                   "680V790M;720V800Q800A"
  21.