1. the number 10 raised to the power of a googol (10^(10^100))
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• A googolplex is so large that it cannot be written out in decimal notation.
• The concept of a googolplex was introduced by mathematician Edward Kasner.
• Even if you wrote one digit per atom in the observable universe, you couldn’t write out a googolplex.
• The googolplex is larger than the number of atoms in the known universe.
• Students often confuse a googol with a googolplex, but the latter is vastly larger.
• Writing a googolplex in standard form would require more space than exists in the universe.