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This question can not be answered for the following two reasons:
- In the modern real number system, there is no limit to how large a number can be. Whatever number is presented to you, you may add 1 or more to it to make it even bigger than it was originally.
- Infinity is not a number. Infinity is a concept that in the number system there is no definite end to the positive or negative value a number may have.
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If you are just looking for a very large number, a 'googol' is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes, and that is one of the largest numbers that actually has a name.
A centillion (10103) is the largest standard named number.
A googolplex is a 10 to the googol power (a 1 followed by a googol number of zeroes), which is larger yet.
Mathematical exponent numbers such as Skewes number are much larger still.
If aleph null represents the cardinality of the rational numbers, aleph null plus one has the same value. The size of infinity represented by the reals is, however, demonstrably greater than the size of infinity of the counting numbers. We can construct ever larger sizes of infinity. One interesting question is whether or not there are sizes of infinity between aleph null and the power set of aleph null (which represents the cardinality of the reals). It turns out the answer is yes or no, depending on what you want. You can treat the question as an independent axiom of mathematics, much like the parallel postulate in geometry.
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ViviOh, dude, the biggest number other than infinity is technically not defined in the world of mathematics. We can keep adding 1 to any number you throw at me, so it's like a never-ending game of trying to one-up each other. But hey, if you want a fun fact, a googolplex is a pretty big number, like, it's a 1 followed by a googol zeros. Mind-blowing, right?
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Is infinity an even number?
Infinity is not a number in the ordinary sense of the word. It is neither odd nor even. Here is an interesting paradox about the parity of infinity: If you multiply all integers together you get infinity. So 2 is a factor of infinity and so infinity must be even. But then one more than this number is also infinity and this new infinity must, therefore, be odd!
What is bigger than the seventh number?
eight through infinity
Is -0.4 greater than -0.5?
0.09999999999999998
Which interval notation represents all real number greater than -3?
The interval (-3, infinity).
What is the biggest composite number greater than 84 but less than 90?
It is: 88
