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How come a 1 followed by 99 zeros isn't called a google and a 1 followed by 100 zeros 10 google?
Because most big numbers that have distinct names follow the pattern ##10^{3n}##, with n an integer.Borg said:Why do you think that 1 followed by 99 zeros should be called a google in the first place?
Missed that.DrClaude said:Because most big numbers that have distinct names follow the pattern ##10^{3n}##, with n an integer.
In the recent past there has been some disagreement about these "big numbers," with billion meaning "one thousand million" (or ##10^9##) in American usage, but "one million million" (or ##10^{12}##) in British usage. These are called, respectively, short scale and long scale. The same discrepancies were present for trillion, quadrillion, and so on. Since 1974, the long scale versions are used less frequently in the UK, but "billion" still means ##10^{12}## in most other European countries and elsewhere.DrClaude said:Because most big numbers that have distinct names follow the pattern ##10^{3n}##, with n an integer.
DrClaude said:Because most big numbers that have distinct names follow the pattern ##10^{3n}##, with n an integer.
A googol is a number that is equal to 10 raised to the power of 100, or 1 followed by 100 zeros. It was named by a 9-year-old boy in the 1930s and is often used in discussions about large numbers.
A googol is written as the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, or 10^100 in exponential notation. It can also be written as 1e100 in scientific notation.
The googol is used as an example to illustrate the concept of infinity and the vastness of numbers in mathematics. It is also used in discussions about the limits of computation and the size of the universe.
The naming scheme for numbers after a googol follows the same pattern as the naming scheme for numbers after a million. For example, a googol and one would be written as 1 googol 1, a googol and two would be written as 1 googol 2, and so on.
The googol is primarily used as a conceptual example in mathematics and does not have any practical applications in science or technology. However, the term "googol" has been used in popular culture, such as the name of the well-known internet company, Google.