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New to big numbers?

Googology is the mathematical study of large numbers and fast-growing functions, as well as their properties and nomenclature. If you're interested in the subject, but you don't know where to start, try reading about some basic functions and ideas:

Short essay on the foundations and history of the field
Googol and googolplex
Tetration
Arrow notation
Graham's number
Introduction to Googology blog post by Sbiis Saibian
List of googolisms and functions

Also, be sure to check out the links below.

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There are 10¹¹ stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number.

—Richard Feynman^[src]

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January 1, 2026: Happy New Year, 2026!
December 24, 2025: Merry Christmas Eve, we have just reached the 38,000th article.
December 5, 2025: Googology Wiki is now 17 years old!
October 22, 2025: We have just reached the 37,000th article following yet another brief blowout.
October 2, 2025: The user interactions section of the policy was updated for clarity.
September 21–22 [?], 2025: We reached the 36,000th article milestone amid the brief blowout.
September 18, 2025: In light of recent incidents, do not use the wiki—including blogs—to attack or insult others; keep off‑site disputes off‑wiki, and avoid abusive or profane language; violations will be removed and may result in blocks.
July 11, 2025: We celebrated yet another major milestone amid the end of the article creation blowout. We made the 35,000th article! This is not quite as big as the 25,000th article milestone.
May 28, 2025: Following the steep slowdown of the article creation, we finally reached the 34,000th article!
April 1, 2025: Happy April Fool's Day!
March 11, 2025: We made the 33,333rd article, that's (almost) a third to a lakh! The article creation blowout has been completely stalled.
March 8, 2025: A 33,000th article was finally made, 2 weeks after the previous milestone!
February 22, 2025: We made the 32,000th article!
February 20, 2025: We made the 31,416th article, that's \(\lceil \pi\times 10000\rceil\)!
February 16, 2025: 6 days after the last milestone, we've hit the 31,000th article!
February 10, 2025: We celebrated a major milestone with the 30,000th article, 2 days after the previous milestone!!!
February 8, 2025: A 29,000th article was made!
February 2, 2025: In the midst of the article creation blowout, a 28,000th article was made!
January 28, 2025: We managed to get to the 27,000th article! The article creation blowout territory continues…
January 22, 2025: Malay Googology Wiki https://googologi.fandom.com/ms/wiki/Wikia_Googologi has been launched on Fandom.
January 21, 2025: We managed to reach the 26,000th article!
January 14, 2025: Here's a HUGE milestone! The 25,000th article, that's quarter to a lakh!
January 13, 2025: 24,000th article after just a single day from the previous milestone! We're near a big milestone!
January 12, 2025: We've hit the 23,000th article! The article creation blowout territory began!
January 10, 2025: We made into the 22,222nd article!
January 8, 2025: We reached the 22,000th article!
January 7, 2025: Fandom announced that Googology Wiki would be migrated to MediaWiki 1.43 by April.
January 1, 2025: Happy New Year, 2025!

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