Talk:Googolplex

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Googolplex is 10^googol, so it looks like that adding -plex suffix we sceate a number that is equal to 10 to the power of "plexed" number, which means that googol is hundredplex. 31.182.226.214 (talk) 21:46, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Logically, that name might have been used, but it doesn't appear commonly in reliable sources. Similarly, a hundred might have been tenty, but we refer to it by the more normal term instead. Certes (talk) 10:24, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

by that definition, centillion is sexcentiplex (or trecentitres plex for short scale) 31.182.245.154 (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

10^100 is 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. Anybody could write that. If I wrote a Google I could write it now. Googleplex can't be that bigger. 82.153.25.237 (talk) 11:53, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

A googol, although very big, is easily written. A googolplex is much, much bigger. Writing it as 1000... would require more zeroes than there are particles in the universe. Certes (talk) 22:50, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Every time this question of explanation comes up, I look to the article and wonder if there's any better way to visualise such a large number and I'm still stumped. I'm not sure just saying "it's bigger than the universe" helps. doktorb _words^deeds 13:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Pedantically, the IP editor has a point: the Googleplex is only 190,000m². Certes (talk) 14:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Is this intentional? "that is, a 1 followed by a googol of zeroes"

I don't think the "of" as in "googol of zeroes" is correct Hazythundermc (talk) 22:49, 1 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

It is, I think in America, at least, but I guess it sounds better on Wikipedia than "1 followed by a googol zeros" SeaDragon1 (talk) 19:28, 28 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Googolplexian has a googolplex zeros, E . d Googolplex has a googol zeros 2601:8C:4882:86D0:AC37:476C:1BE:C7C (talk) 00:39, 5 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

I can’t find any sources mentioning googolplexian, but I have heard of googolduplex, being the same 10^10^10^100. 195.225.189.107 (talk) 11:14, 16 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Same thing like googolplexian. A googolplexianth has a googolplexian zeros e . d googolplexian has googolplex zeros googolplex has googol zeros 2601:8C:4882:86D0:AC37:476C:1BE:C7C (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

I've removed the text "In pure mathematics, there are several notational methods for representing large numbers by which the magnitude of a googolplex could be represented, such as tetration, hyperoperation, Knuth's up-arrow notation, Steinhaus–Moser notation, or Conway chained arrow notation." None of these, as far as I can see, are directly relevant to this particular number, nor are there any citations to back it up. — The Anome (talk) 11:40, 1 September 2025 (UTC)Reply