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Title: Numbering systems
Post by: Ambiorix on January 14, 2008, 09:01:59 AM
better to follow the links, as the tables are unclear here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

Term (Hindi transliteration)   Figure   Power
notation   Western system (short scale)
एक (Ek)   1   100   1 (One)
दस (Das)   10   101   10 (Ten)
सौ (Sau)   100   102   100 (Hundred)
सहस्त्र (Sahastr) / हजार (Hazaar)   1,000   103   1,000 (One thousand)
लाख (Lakh)   1,00,000   105   100,000 (One hundred thousand)
करोड़ (Crore)   1,00,00,000   107   10,000,000 (Ten million)
अरब (Arawb)   1,00,00,00,000   109   1,000,000,000 (One billion)
खरब (Kharawb)   1,00,00,00,00,000   1011   100,000,000,000 (One hundred billion)
नील (Neel)   1,00,00,00,00,00,000   1013   10,000,000,000,000 (Ten trillion)
पद्म (Padma)   1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000   1015   1,000,000,000,000,000 (One quadrillion)
शंख (Shankh)   1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000   1017   100,000,000,000,000,000 (One hundred quadrillion)
महाशंख (Mahashankh)   1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000   1019   10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (Ten quintillion)






The "standard dictionary numbers"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers


Name   Short scale
(USA and Modern British)   Long scale
(Traditional British)   Authorities
AHD4[1]   COD[2]   OED2[3]   OEDnew[4]   RHD2[5]   SOED3[6]   W3[7]   UM[8]
million   106   106   ✓   ✓   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
milliard       109   ✓      ✓      ✓         ✓
billion   109   1012   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
billiard       1015                   [9]       [9]   ✓
trillion   1012   1018   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
trilliard       1021   [9]               [9]       [9]   ✓
quadrillion   1015   1024   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
quintillion   1018   1030   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
sextillion   1021   1036   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
septillion   1024   1042   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
octillion   1027   1048   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
nonillion   1030   1054   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
decillion   1033   1060   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
undecillion   1036   1066   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
duodecillion   1039   1072   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
tredecillion   1042   1078   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
quattuordecillion   1045   1084   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
quindecillion (quinquadecillion)   1048   1090   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
sexdecillion (sedecillion)   1051   1096   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
septendecillion   1054   10102   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
octodecillion   1057   10108   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
novemdecillion (novendecillion)   1060   10114   ✓            ✓      ✓   ✓
vigintillion   1063   10120   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
googol   10100   10100   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓
centillion   10303   10600   ✓      ✓   ✓            ✓
googolplex   1010100   1010100   ✓      ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   ✓   

Apart from million, the words in this list ending with -illion are all derived by adding Latin prefixes (bi-, tri-, etc.) to the stem -illion.[10] Centillion[11] appears to be the highest name ending in -illion that is included in these dictionaries. Trigintillion, often cited as a word in discussions of names of large numbers, is not included in any of them, nor are any of the names that can easily be created by extending the naming pattern (unvigintilli
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: Kiwi on January 14, 2008, 07:13:20 PM
I wish I had a couple of hundred googolplex dollars  ^-^
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: dejavu on January 14, 2008, 07:17:01 PM
id be content with a trillion or so
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: Ambiorix on January 15, 2008, 12:54:13 AM
I wish I had a couple of hundred googolplex dollars  ^-^
that would empower JTF to be come the only organisation with funding whatsoever, if you of course would give them 0,000000001 % of your $$.
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: Kiwi on January 15, 2008, 01:08:38 AM
I wish I had a couple of hundred googolplex dollars  ^-^
that would empower JTF to be come the only organisation with funding whatsoever, if you of course would give them 0,000000001 % of your $$.

If I had the money that would never be in question  8;)
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: Ambiorix on January 15, 2008, 01:20:07 AM
With 0,000001 % of your wealth, you would have the power to make JTF the only website in the world....
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: JTFFan on January 15, 2008, 12:43:42 PM
With 0,000001 % of your wealth, you would have the power to make JTF the only website in the world....

correct
Title: Re: Numbering systems
Post by: Kiwi on January 15, 2008, 06:04:56 PM
With 0,000001 % of your wealth, you would have the power to make JTF the only website in the world....

World domination  ??? I think not. I don't like the hours  8;)