2006-10-25 06:52:53 · 9 answers · asked by hamster h 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
There is no such thing as a highest possible number. No matter what number you have, there is always a larger one. (For example, you could always add 1 to your number to get a larger number).
What you are intending to ask is "what is the largest number that anyone has ever decided to give a specific name to?" It is very important to understand that this is a completely different question from the one you asked, because it is a question about human culture not about mathematics.
The largest number that has a commonly-known specific name is a "googleplex", which is a 1 followed by a googol zeros, where a "googol" is (a 1 followed by 100 zeros).
However, there would be nothing stopping you from giving a special name to a still larger number (such as a googleplex plus 1), and then that would become the largest named number once the term became commonly known.
In summary, then: the mathematical question "what is the highest possible number" has no answer, because there is no such thing. But the sociological question "what is the largest number that anyone has ever decided to give a specific name to, a name which has become commonly known" is, for now, a "googleplex" (until someone decides to coin a phrase for a still larger number and it catches on and becomes commonly known).
2006-10-25 07:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by hehmommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity minus 1
2006-10-25 06:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by chris42050 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the biggest number ever given a name is googoplex (sp?) which is 10^1000, but numbers go forever obviously
2006-10-25 06:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by suprasteve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity. It is a symbol that looks like an 8 turned sideways.
2006-10-25 06:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by IBHMC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Googolplexian: The worlds greatest form with a popularity. A "one million" accompanied via a googolplex of zeros. Googolplex: the 2d greatest form with a popularity. A "one million" accompanied via a googol of zeros. Googol: a super form. A "one million" accompanied via a hundred zeros. -----
2016-11-25 20:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bigger number plus one
2006-10-25 06:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by marylou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infinity squared, X Googleplex squared...and then times it by it self...lol
2006-10-25 07:01:10 · answer #7 · answered by Bedazzled101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
999 decillon we learned that decillon id the highest you know vaule place?!?!
2006-10-25 06:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Carley M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9999999999999.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.0000000000000000000000000000000000000.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.00000000000000000000000000000000000000.000000000000000000000000000.00000000000000000000000000000.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
2006-10-25 06:55:45 · answer #9 · answered by minty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋