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In about 1920, Edward Kasner's nine-year-old nephew Milton Sirotta coined the term googol; Milton then proposed the further term googolplex to be "one, followed by writing zeroes until you get tired". Kasner decided to adopt a more formal definition "because different people get tired at different times and it would never do to have Carnera [a champion boxer] be a better mathematician than Dr. Einstein, simply because he had more endurance".

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Is googolplex a number?

Yes, googolplex is a number.


What is googolplex raised to the power of googolplex?

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Is there a lower number than negative googolplex?

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What is the name of the largest finite number?

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What number comes after googolplex?

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Is infinity bigger than a googolplex?

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