Definition:Googolplex
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Definition
A googolplex is defined to be $10$ to the power of a googol, that is $10^{10^{100} }$ or $10^{\mathrm {googol} }$.
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Linguistic Note
The word googolplex is formed from the term googol.
Beware the mis-spelling googleplex, which is the name of the headquarters of the software company Google.
Sources
- 1940: Edward Kasner and James Newman: Mathematics and the Imagination
- 1962: Clifton Fadiman: The Mathematical Magpie: Introduction
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{100}$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{100}$
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): googolplex
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): googolplex