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| − | Although the term is primarily used to indicate an indefinitely large number, Conway and Guy define ''n''-'''zillion''' as <math>10^{3n+3}</math> for the English speakers and <math>10^{6n}</math> for the French and German speakers. In cooperation with Allan Wechsler, Conway and Guy extended the system to ''x''illi''y''illi''z''ilion <math>= (10^6x+10^3y+z)</math>-zillion, using "n" for ''x'', ''y'', or ''z'' lest any of them be zero. For example, a quadrillitrillinillion is <math>10^{3\left(10^6\cdot 4+10^3\cdot 3+0\right)+3}</math>.<ref>''The Book of Numbers'' by J. H. Conway and R. K. Guy.</ref> |
+ | Although the term is primarily used to indicate an indefinitely large number, Conway and Guy define ''n''-'''zillion''' as <math>10^{3n+3}</math> for the English speakers and <math>10^{6n}</math> for the French and German speakers. In cooperation with Allan Wechsler, Conway and Guy extended the system to ''x''illi''y''illi''z''ilion <math>= (10^6x+10^3y+z)</math>-zillion, using "n" for ''x'', ''y'', or ''z'' lest any of them be zero. For example, a quadrillitrillinillion is <math>10^{3\left(10^6\cdot 4+10^3\cdot 3+0\right)+3} = 10^{3\prod 4003000 + 3}</math> in the American system.<ref>''The Book of Numbers'' by J. H. Conway and R. K. Guy.</ref> |
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Although the term is primarily used to indicate an indefinitely large number, Conway and Guy define n-zillion as for the English speakers and for the French and German speakers. In cooperation with Allan Wechsler, Conway and Guy extended the system to xilliyillizilion -zillion, using "n" for x, y, or z lest any of them be zero. For example, a quadrillitrillinillion is in the American system.[1]
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- ↑ The Book of Numbers by J. H. Conway and R. K. Guy.