2007-10-24 10:06:14 · 6 answers · asked by maor.kramer 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
There are infinite numbers. Even if you were count only the numbers between 0 and 1, you could spend your entire life.
2007-10-24 10:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by cidyah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are an infinite number of counting numbers, 1,2,3,4,5,6,......
However, between 1 and 2, there is an infinite number of irrational numbers, infinite decimals that do not repeat, and this infinity is greater than the infinity of counting numbers above.
The first person to prove this was Cantor. He was so ridiculed by other mathematicians that he went insane. Years later all mathematicians came to the agreement that Cantor was correct.
You learn Cantor's proof in a good set theory course.
2007-10-24 10:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by baja_tom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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).
2007-10-24 10:18:37 · answer #3 · answered by billyboomerang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a stupid question. There are an infinite number of numbers.
2007-10-24 10:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by Helen B 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
there is only ten
0-9 and they can be repeated forever
2007-10-24 10:15:58 · answer #5 · answered by mmmkay_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, why don't you count them? Come back when you have the answer... :-) LOL
2007-10-24 10:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋