Sunday 1 December 2013

"Yet Larger" Numbers: My Own System, Continued Continued

We continue where we left off - at the limits of the Micrillion. We can obviously continue the Micrillion's SI Prefix trend, with

1000x+1
Name
E6
Micrillion
E9
Nanillion
E12
Picillion
E15
Femtillion
E18
Attillion
E21
Zeptillion
E24
Yoctillion

We then run into another issue - we've ran out of SI prefixes. Whilst I ponder how to get over that barrier, here's a little diversion.

Googols and Googolplexes
Googols and Googolplexes are some popular numbers in Googoly. But just how large are they? To find out, we express them in a notation common to both the "-illions" and Googols - that is, in terms of exponentation. We can then see that:
  • Googol = 10100
  • Googolplex = 1010100
So, where do these stand compared to the -illions? 10100 is equal to (10001/3)100, which by index laws can be simplified to 100033.3̄. A googolplex is (10001/3)100033.3̄, which is equal to around 10003 × 1099. This means that the Googol was beat long ago, and equals just over a Dutrigintillion. We're yet to hit a Googolplex (on my table, it would be in the 3E99-1 spot). Extending SI prefixes will be fun.