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Quote: India used immense numbers from ancient times; for example, the Hindus used 18 denominations and in the Lalitavistara, tallaksana is 10^53
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While the Greeks had no terminology for denominations … with no less than eighteen denominations. … Coming to later times, i.e., about the 5th … centesimal scale. We quote below from the Lalitavistara, … Prince Gautama (Bodhisattva): … Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the … hundred vibhutangamas tallaksana [10^53]. Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: history of mathematics (57 items)
Topic: number as a named set of numbers (15 items)
Topic: kinds of numbers (24 items)