What's the biggest number? Today we'll address a question that has long occupied the minds of children, mathematicians, and child mathematicians: What's the biggest number? Child A: When I grow up, I'm gonna have a million dollars. Child B: Well, when I grow up, I'm gonna have a billion dollars. Child A: Oh yeah? Well, I'm gonna have a billion billion dollars. Child B: Well, I'm gonna have a zillion dollars. Child A: Ok, well, then I'm gonna have infinity dollars. Child B: Fine, then I'll have infinity infinity dollars. Child A: Well, I'm gonna have however many dollars you have, plus one! Whereas the dialogue above illustrates a naive, blustering approach to the question, we will investigate the topic with rigor in the name of science and progress....
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