When I say “the biggest number in the universe ... googolplex are probably the two biggest meaningful numbers (at least in English), but as we’re about to find out, there’s no end ...

When you move beyond trillions, there are some extremely mind-bending numbers, says Richard Fisher. Some of them are too large to fit in the mind – or even within the known Universe. What's the ...

But a billion doesn’t even approach the infinite range of numbers. Think of the largest number you can. Now double it. Now double that, too. Spoiler: That number can also be doubled, tripled ...

And third, it is to date the largest prime ... all the numbers that properly divide it, they add up to the number itself. For example, six is a perfect number because 6 = 2 × 3 = 1 + 2 + 3.

The largest known prime number is now 2 ... to find new primes by pooling computing power online. It has 22,338,618 digits in total. The GIMPS software automatically crunches through numbers ...

It’s exciting to find a new largest known prime number, but this is another verse of the same song. Both numbers ... Between these two largest known primes lie an unfathomable number of ...

Think of the largest number you can. Now double it ... We will never run out of numbers, but here are some of the biggest numbers scientists, physicists and mathematicians have come across ...

But a billion doesn’t even approach the infinite range of numbers. Think of the largest number ... Eddington number: The Eddington number in physics (not to be confused with the Eddington number in ...