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Large number (disambiguation)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ16871853 ↗
Source-derived summary

A large number or the largest number are terms that may refer to:

Large numbers, for notations to exactly specify very large numbers

Names of large numbers, for the largest numbers with names

In mathematics and physics

Infinity, a concept which can be used as a largest number in some contexts

Graham's number, once claimed as the largest number ever used in a serious mathematical proof

Largest known prime number, for the largest known primes

Dirac large numbers hypothesis, for cosmology.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 81-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Large, number and disambiguation.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16871853. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Large number (disambiguation)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.