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Mathematical Constants
Intriguing, ubiquitous, and at times mysterious, numerical constants set the allowable limits for all universal phenomena. Whether your questions involves π, Avogadro's number, Planck's constant, the atomic mass unit, or any of the other multitudes of immutable numbers used in science, this is the category where they should be asked.
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Imaginary numbers why do you need a positive and a negative?
Because an imaginary number is impossible otherwise. For instance, the square root of negative nine (-9) is an imaginery number because any two numbers multiplied by each other yield a positive number. So the SQR of -9 must have a rational part (SQR(9)) and an imaginary part, which assigns the negative.
A:Computers work on a binary system, and western maths is based on + and _. But if there was a third category, called neutral, then the square root of minus one would be neutral 1. And the whole strange notion of imaginary numbers would be unnecessary. There are questions which can't be answered by 'yes' or 'no', when neither is applicable. In China, the answer to a question such as "Have you stopped beating your wife?" would be wumu, meaning both yes and no or neither. On a 2-dimensional graph, + is to the right, - to the left of the upright line. And neutral sticks up off the paper from zero to your eye. In a third dimension.The concept of imaginary numbers doesn't exist in China, because they think differently. We can put weights on both pans of a balance (back weighing). Or, if you have a series of rooms, each with normally always two chairs, and then take one away in one room, we would say that room now has one chair. But in China, they would say it has minus one, since it is one less than normal. It is merely a different way of thinking.
Correction:The concept of imaginary numbers does in fact exist in China, and pretty much everywhere else that has bothered to investigate along these lines of inquiry. China, a major contributor to international math, especially over at least the last 100 years, is completely aware of the concept and application of imaginary numbers.Additionally, because something has two component parts does not make it an example of westernized dichotomism as a philosophy; it simply means something has two (or one, or three) parts -- nothing more.
As to computers having two states: zero and one, this is an artifact of the means by which technology evolved, specifically electrical states of off and on, which are easy to detect, as opposed to analog electrical states, which require a lot more control and instrumentation (consider the relative complexity of a voltage meter versus a wall switch as an example). I should add that China, who is now accountably a world leader in some aspects of computer systems design, is certainly adept and comfortable with binary math and boolean algebra.
What is the highest number is it a billion a centillion aquadrillion or a googol?
From smallest to largest:
Billion =109
Quadrillion =1015
Googol =10100
Centillion =10303
Googolplex =10Googol
The highest number in the question is a centillion.
If an Googol is 1 followed by 100 zeros what is 1 followed by 1 million zeros?
Googol is 1100
Googolplex is 1googol
I don't think there is an -illion with a million zeros.
But this might be the answer:
Googolplexian might be 1million zeros. Any number beyond this one is unconfirmed and unthinkable.
What has more zeros than googol?
There are many numbers such as googolplex, googolplexplex, tricentillion. Any number with more than 100 zeros has more zeros than googol.
How is the real gas constant calculated in cgs unit?
The value of universal gas constant in cgs is 1.985 calories per degree Celsius per mole
no one actually created googol but instead a group of mathematicians discovered this number with 26 zero's
What number is bigger than googol plex?
Not googolplex plus one. That is not a number. It is googolplexplex
a googol is a one followed by a hundred zeros. OR 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OR 10^100 (10 to the 100th power)
Who invented the number googol?
The term was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta (1929--1980), nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, when he was nine years old.
A googol is the large number 10100, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros in decimal representation.
The founders of Google had intended to register it as Googol when they set up the company but inadvertently spelled it wrong and did not realize before it was too late.
What is the meaning of a consecutive?
Consecutive means in a row, or in order. Consecutive integers are 1, 2, 3, 4 and sets like that. Consecutive even numbers might be 2, 4, 6. Consecutive multiples of 11 could include 33, 44, 55.
How many decimal numbers are in pi?
The number pi is irrational - it cannot be represented as a fraction. This means that the number of decimal places is infinite.
From wikipedia.....
The Guinness-recognized record for remembered digits of π is 67,890 digits, held by Lu Chao, a 24-year-old graduate student from China. It took him 24 hours and 4 minutes to recite to the 67,890th decimal place of π without an error.
Oh, dude, a centillion is like, super big. It's basically a one followed by 303 zeros. So, yeah, if you're trying to count that high, good luck with that. It's like trying to find a parking spot at the mall on Black Friday - not gonna happen.
How many zeros are in the standard form of googol?
The standard form of googol is 1 followed by 100 zeros. It is ten raised to the power of a hundred, which may be written 10100.
