Re: Notation of very large numbers

From: James Cloos (cloos@jhcloos.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 2006 - 13:14:08 CST

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Some good refs for other notations for very large numbers can be found
on wikipedia:

and some pages linked in that section:

an alternate version of Seinhaus-Moser uses a pentagon instead of a
circle, and continues from there with hex-, sept-, oct-, ... -agons.

(Note how the three periods «...» look better than U+2026 «…».) ☺

(OK, maybe only in a monowidth font.)

(In a proportional font I’m sure « . . . » would look better....)

(Or maybe « . . . » or « . . . »?) (3/em or 4/em spacing.)

(But enough parenthetical commenting on another thread....) ☻

-JimC

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James H. Cloos, Jr. <cloos@jhcloos.com>

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