what is the highest counted number in the english format, ex 1.2.3?

Question

I am referring to countable whole numbers, and last I checked infinity was not countable. 10^23 is a countable number, 10^1000 is is countable number and they have names. My question is according to mathematics what is the real whole number value, and it's name....infinity would be something like 10^?

Answer 1

Those who said googolplex are WAY, WAY off.
The largest number ever seriously used in a mathematical proof (and thus has its own name) is Graham's number, which is far, far bigger than a googolplex.
Moser's number and Skewes' number are also bigger than a googolplex, although not nearly as big as Graham's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_number

Its value is 3 ↑^g(63) 3. (You will need to read the article if you dont understand this notation. It is so large that it cannot even be written in scientific notation!)

Of course, as there is no largest number, there probably will come a time when an even bigger number is named.

Answer 2

There are lots of names given to large numbers... but the largest number with a true name would be GOOGOLPLEX which is 10^10^100 (that's a 1 with a googol zeroes, and a googol is 1 with 100 zeroes).

Here are names of numbers up to googolplex...

10^3 = thousand
10^6 = million
10^9 = billion
10^12 = trillion
10^15 = quadrillion
10^18 = quintillion
10^21 = sexillion
10^24 = septillion
10^27 = octillion
10^30 = nonillion
10^33 = decillion
10^36 = undecillion
10^39 = duodecillion
10^42 = tredecillion
10^45 = quattuordecillion
10^48 = quindecillion
10^51 = sexdecillion
10^54 = septdecillion
10^57 = octodecillion
10^60 = novemdecillion
10^63 = vigintillion
10^66 = unvigintillion
10^69 = duovigintillion
10^72 = trevigintillion
10^75 = quattuorvigintillion
10^78 = quinvigintillion
10^81 = sexvigintillion
10^84 = septvigintillion
10^87 = octovigintillion
10^90 = novemvigintillion
10^93 = trigintillion
10^96 = untrigintillion
10^99 = duotrigintillion
10^100 = googol

10^102 = tretrigintillion
10^105 = quattuortrigintillion
10^108 = quintrigintillion
10^111 = sextrigintillion
10^114 = septtrigintillion
10^117 = octotrigintillion
10^120 = novemtrigintillion
10^123 = quadragintillion
10^126 = unquadragintillion
10^129 = duoquadragintillion
10^132 = trequadragintillion
10^135 = quattuorquadragintillion
10^138 = quinquadragintillion
10^141 = sexquadragintillion
10^144 = septquadragintillion
10^147 = octoquadragintillion
10^150 = novemquadragintillion
10^153 = quinquagintillion
10^156 = unquinquagintillion
10^159 = duoquinquagintillion
10^162 = trequinquagintillion
10^165 = quattuorquinquagintillion
10^168 = quinquinquagintillion
10^171 = sexquinquagintillion
10^174 = septquinquagintillion
10^177 = octoquinquagintillion
10^180 = novemquinquagintillion
10^183 = sexagintillion trigintilliard
10^186 = unsexagintillion untrigintillion
10^189 = duosexagintillion untrigintilliard
10^192 = tresexagintillion duotrigintillion
10^195 = quattuorsexagintillion
10^198 = quinsexagintillion
10^201 = sexsexagintillion
10^204 = septsexagintillion
10^207 = octosexagintillion
10^210 = novemsexagintillion
10^213 = septuagintillion
10^216 = unseptuagintillion
10^219 = duoseptuagintillion
10^222 = treseptuagintillion
10^225 = quattuorseptuagintillion
10^228 = quinseptuagintillion
10^231 = sexseptuagintillion
10^234 = septseptuagintillion
10^237 = octoseptuagintillion
10^240 = novemseptuagintillion
10^243 = octogintillion
10^246 = unoctogintillion
10^249 = duooctogintillion
10^252 = treoctogintillion
10^255 = quattuoroctogintillion
10^258 = quinoctogintillion
10^261 = sexoctogintillion
10^264 = septoctogintillion
10^267 = octooctogintillion
10^270 = novemoctogintillion
10^273 = nonagintillion
10^276 = unnonagintillion
10^279 = duononagintillion
10^282 = trenonagintillion
10^285 = quattuornonagintillion
10^288 = quinnonagintillion
10^291 = sexnonagintillion
10^294 = septnonagintillion
10^297 = octononagintillion
10^300 = novemnonagintillion
10^303 = centillion
...
10^603 = ducentillion
...
10^903 = trecentillion
...
10^googol = googolplex

Of course you could continue counting with googolplex and one, googolplex and two, ... ten googolplex ... hundred googolplex ... thousand googolplex, etc.

Or what's to prevent someone from naming something googolplexplex = 10^googolplex? Or googolplexplexplex = 10^googolplexplex...

Answer 3

The highest counted number, under infinity, is a googolplex. A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol (10^100) zeroes. So basically, it's
1 followed by a 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
zeros

Answer 4

the utmost counted variety, decrease than infinity, is a googolplex. A googolplex is a million accompanied by ability of a googol (10^a hundred) zeroes. So truthfully, that's a million accompanied by ability of a 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000... zeros

Answer 5

Since you can count into infinity, would there be a highest number? Most of us don't know what all the numbers with all the zeros are after you get through the millions, but I'm sure there is a name for them.

Answer 6

infinity, but most calculators work up to 10*10 to the power of 99

Answer 7

You mean the last ordinal with special rules before the rest? 3rd. Although numbers with 3 as the final digit also follow this rule, e.g. 23rd.

Answer 8

It's actually the arabaic system of numbers.

Answer 9

don't know what you mean

Answer 10

You mean the highest whole number? Well duh, that's obviously infinity.