2006-10-24 03:03:15 · 12 answers · asked by the guy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
A very big number.
"A googol is the large number 10e100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros (in decimal representation). One way of grasping its size is that it is equivalent to multiplying the product of 1 million by 1 million 16 times, then further multiplying that by ten thousand. The term was coined in 1920 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Kasner popularized the concept in his book Mathematics and the Imagination" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol
2006-10-24 03:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by Edward 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What does “googol < ” mean? Translated into everyday English, it reads: a googol is smaller than infinity. The little v turned on its side means is smaller than. Whatever is on the left is smaller than whatever is on the right. The figure , on its side, is the symbol for infinity; that is, a number greater than any we can write, speak or think.
A googol can be written as 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. It is 1 followed by 100 zeros.
It is a number so large that it exceeds the number of raindrops that would fall on London, Manchester and Edinburgh in more than a century. Yet it is smaller than infinity.
Signs and symbols are only one portion of the language of mathematics. Definition of basic terms is another. Together they make up a universal language. In this way, a scientist or mathematicians writing in France or Russia can communicate precisely with his counterpart in the United States or Great Britain. Googol < has the same meaning to a Canadian as to a Norwegian.
2006-10-28 05:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by Krishna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Googol is a term used to define 10^100 (or) the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
2006-10-28 03:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A googol is equal to 10 to the 100th power. A googol is 10 to the 100th power (which is 1 followed by 100 zeros). A googolplex is 10 to the power of googol - that is, 1 followed by 10 to the power of ...
Again The googol is of no particular significance in mathematics, but is useful when comparing ... A googol can be written in conventional notation as follows: ...
2006-10-27 08:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by sanjogm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A googol is the large number 10^100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros (in decimal representation). One way of grasping its size is that it is equivalent to multiplying the product of 1 million by 1 million 16 times, then further multiplying that by ten thousand. The term was coined in 1920 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Kasner popularized the concept in his book Mathematics and the Imagination.
2006-10-24 13:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Demon_sava 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All answers are correct.
PS
Unless it is a typographical error, and the person was referring to something else, like say Google.
Google is a very useful one of the most used search engine on Internet and it is at the top of this screen.
Type googol in the box and press go. see what you get.
Have fun.
2006-10-24 14:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by minootoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
googol is a number name for a large number i.e. one followed by 100 zeros. Now u can easily imagine how big this number is.
2006-10-24 10:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by indu_kain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
googol = 1x10^100
2006-10-24 10:45:35 · answer #8 · answered by davidosterberg1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 followed by 100 zeros: the number equal to the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10100
2006-10-28 04:51:48 · answer #9 · answered by nicky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A search engine.
Oh wait, that's gooGLE.
It's what everyone has already said: 1 with 100 zeroes after it. A rather useless number, actually. Just pretty with a goofy name.
2006-10-24 10:36:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋