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Graham's number (see below)

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>Graham's number is so large that it needs a special notation to express:

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> 3################################################################3

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>where:

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>3#3 = 3**3 = 27

>3##3 = 3#(3#3) = 3#27 = 7,625,597,484,987

>3###3= 3##(3##3) = 3##7,625,597,484,987

>=3#(7,625,597,484,987#7,625,597,484,987)

> (this expression is too large to express as a number)

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Why not introduce a form of standardisation for naming larger numbers than

those you mentioned by defining a conventional notation using the 'plex' from

'googolplex', for example:

skewplex = 10**skew

Grahamplex = 10**Graham

skewplexplex = skewplex**skewplex

skewplexplexplex = skewplex**skewplexplex ( = skewplex**(skewplex**skewplex) )

Grahamplexplex = Grahamplex**Grahamplex = 1 Gerard

Gerardplexplex = Gerardplex**Gerardplex = 1 Gerald

Geraldplexplex = Geraldplex**Geraldplex = 1 Geoffrey

etc. through proper names (alphabetical order would probably be more sensible),

thus systematically assigning names to the natural numbers as suggested.

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