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The Largest Number


Date: 10/20/95 at 16:7:32
From: Susan Yant
Subject: question from Toni Merritt

What is the largest number in the world?


Date: 10/21/95 at 21:8:5
From: Doctor Jeremy
Subject: Re: question from Toni Merritt

There is no largest number in the world.  For any number, you can add 
one to it to get an even bigger number.  So you can get numbers as large 
as you want.

-Doctor Jeremy,  The Geometry Forum

Associated Topics:
Elementary Large Numbers

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