The numbers can't be zero 0, or infinity 00!!
2006-08-22 11:54:33 · 7 answers · asked by arg.jew. 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
the highest number ever determined is in the googleplex range (i kid you not). it's a one followed by 600 zeroes. therefore a 9 followed by six hundred and two more nines would be the largest named number. (nine hundred ninety nine google, nine hundred and ninety nine... etc). the smallest positive non interger number would be one divided by the previous number (one over the largest countable number). the most negative number would be the negative value of that first super big number.
2006-08-22 11:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is really no biggest or smallest number, because the numbers keep going on and on forever, but I believe the biggest number given a name is called "googleplex". The smallest would probably just be the negative of that number.
2006-08-22 12:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by godmike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it can't be infinity or 0, then it's a limit problem where the number just gets closer and closer to another number.
2006-08-22 11:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know how multiplying numbers gives you bigger numbers than adding them, and exponentiating numbers (i.e. repeated multiplication) gives you yet bigger ones? There's a way to continue this idea, called the Ackermann function (see the reference), which is the best way to express humungous numbers quickly. You need it to describe the largest number yet used in pure mathematics, called Graham's number. Check it out!
(For the smallest number, take the reciprocal of Graham's number.)
2006-08-22 13:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by Steven S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smallest = -infinity
biggest= +infinity
2006-08-22 12:03:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
highest = googleplex lowest= negitive googleplex
2006-08-22 13:36:59 · answer #6 · answered by tinx_luvr93 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-25 17:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by greentyce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋