Largest named number (bigger than googolplex)
Phil Gustafson
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>I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
>"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
>which gives information about the relationships between the English language
>and math.
This reminds me of a famous paradox, "The smallest integer that can't be
specified in English by fewer than twenty-six syllables".
Phil "I think I counted right" Gustafson
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Henry Choy
: I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
: "the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
: which gives information about the relationships between the English language
: and math.
Couldn't the letter "2" be a name for the number 2?
Then Franks' Number + 1 is a name for a number greater than Frank's
Number. So Frank's Number - 1 isn't the greatest number not named
Frank's Number. To save brain power, I'll call every number Frank.
Then there is no Frank's Number.
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barth.richards
>I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
>"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
>which gives information about the relationships between the English language
>and math.
I hearby proclaim the existence of Barth's Number, which is equal to:
infinity - 0.X
where X = an infinity number of zeros followed by a one.
>Ted "I win" Frank
Barth "not even close, Ted" Richards
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Jason D Corley
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>In article <1993Jan13....@midway.uchicago.edu> th...@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>>I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
>>"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
>>which gives information about the relationships between the English language
>>and math.
>
>I hearby proclaim the existence of Barth's Number, which is equal to:
>
> infinity - 0.X
>
>where X = an infinity number of zeros followed by a one.
>
>>Ted "I win" Frank
>
I hereby proclaim the existence of Corley's Number which is equal to:
The number of numbers there are (including Corley's Number) + 1
Jason "Pretty close, Barth" Corley
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Jared Dahl
|> In article <1993Jan13....@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> ba...@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
|> >
|> >In article <1993Jan13....@midway.uchicago.edu> th...@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
|> >
|> >>I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
|> >>"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
|> >>which gives information about the relationships between the English language
|> >>and math.
|> >
|> >I hearby proclaim the existence of Barth's Number, which is equal to:
|> >
|> > infinity - 0.X
|> >
|> >where X = an infinity number of zeros followed by a one.
|> >
|> >>Ted "I win" Frank
|> >
|>
|> I hereby proclaim the existence of Corley's Number which is equal to:
|>
|> The number of numbers there are (including Corley's Number) + 1
|>
|> Jason "Pretty close, Barth" Corley
I hereby proclaim the existence of Dahl's Number which is equal to:
( The number of JFK Conspiracy Theories + The number of posts
with "who do you know that is famous" thread + The references
to Kibo + the number of words that the eskimos have for snow
+ 1 )^2
Jared "USENET is infinite in itself" Dahl
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James Kibo Parry
In article <1993Jan13.2...@rchland.ibm.com> jd...@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl) writes:
>In article <1993Jan13.2...@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, cor...@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley ) writes:
>|> In article <1993Jan13....@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> ba...@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
>|> >
>|> >In article <1993Jan13....@midway.uchicago.edu> th...@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>|> >
>|> >>I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
>|> >>"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
>|> >>which gives information about the relationships between the English language
>|> >>and math.
>|> >
>|> >I hearby proclaim the existence of Barth's Number, which is equal to:
>|> >
>|> > infinity - 0.X
>|> >
>|> >where X = an infinity number of zeros followed by a one.
>|> >
>|> >>Ted "I win" Frank
>|> >
>|>
>|> I hereby proclaim the existence of Corley's Number which is equal to:
>|>
>|> The number of numbers there are (including Corley's Number) + 1
>|>
>|> Jason "Pretty close, Barth" Corley
>
>I hereby proclaim the existence of Dahl's Number which is equal to:
>
> ( The number of JFK Conspiracy Theories + The number of posts
> with "who do you know that is famous" thread + The references
> to Kibo + the number of words that the eskimos have for snow
> + 1 )^2
Big deal. Kibo's Number, which may not be the largest, is certainly the
most useful.
N = 0.99
k
It is used for pricing supermarket products. For an item of
value x, the actual price in dollars is x + N - 1. This makes the
k
item of value x seem, to bozos, to be priced at x-1. Indeed, clever use
of Kibo's Number can make a $20,000 car, priced at $19,999, seem
cheap--and for items that cost less than a dollar, it can actually make
them seem free!
-- K.
Coming soon:
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The Loews Googolplex
Fermat's Last Supper
Craig Presson
In article <1993Jan13....@midway.uchicago.edu> th...@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
In article <1993Jan13.0...@samba.oit.unc.edu> Bruce....@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall) writes:
[googolplex biggest?]
I hereby define Frank's Number, defined as
"the largest named number not named Frank, plus one,"
which gives information about the relationships between the English language
and math.
Ted "I win" Frank
Presson's Number, P, is defined as "Frank's Number, plus one"
which gives information about the relationship between numbers
and oneupsmanship.
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