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Black-dot-1

Visualization of one

1 (one) is a positive integer following 0 and preceding 2. Its ordinal form is written "1st" or "first".

Properties[]

What_is_a_base_1

What is a base 1

1 has been callled "wau" by Vi Hart to highlight its more unusual properties.

In other languages[]

Language Name
Afrikaans een
Albanian një
Amharic አንድ
Arabic واحد
Armenian մեկը
Azerbaijani bir
Bangla এক
Basque bat
Belarusian адзін
Bosnian, Croatian jedan
Bulgarian един (edin)
Burmese တစ်
Catalan, French un
Chinese 一 (yī)
Czech, Slovak, Polish jeden
German eins
Hungarian egy
Italic, Spanish uno
Japanese いち (ichi)
Latvian viens
Macedonian, eден (eden)
Malay Satu
Russian один (odin)
Serbian jедан (jedan)
Slovenian ena
Turkish Bir
Ukrainian oдин (odyn)
Vietnamese một
Zulu eyodwa

In googology[]

Sbiis Saibian argued that all numbers larger than 1 should be called "large numbers," because the reciprocals of large numbers are small. He called them "superuniary numbers" or "superuniaries".[1] The large numbers and small numbers are "mirrored" about 1, so it makes sense to say that 1 is the threshold of largeness. A number like 1 + 1/googol could be called a "very small large number." The smallest large number is a logical impossibility, of course.

1 was also the first number by Adam Elga in the Big Number Duel.

1 can be named garone, fzone, fugaone, or megafugaone with the gar-, fz-, fuga-, or megafuga- prefixes respectively.

Googological functions returning 1[]

As a cash denomination[]

Some currencies, such as the Ghanaian cedi and the United States dollar, have banknotes with this number in the denomination. Likewise, some currencies, such as the euro, the Israeli new shekel and the pound sterling, have coins with this number in the denomination.

Sources[]

  1. Saibian, SbiisVery Small Very Large Numbers. Retrieved January 2013.

See also[]

Gar-: garone · gartwo · garthree · garfour · garfive · garsix · garseven · gareight · garnine · garten · garhundred · garmillion · gargoogol · gareceton · gartrialogue · gargoogolplex · gargiggol
Fz-: fzone · fztwo · fzthree · fzfour · fzfive · fzsix · fzseven · fzeight · fznine · fzten · fztwenty · fzhundred · fzthousand · fzmillion · fzgoogol · fzmilliplexion · fzgoogolplex · fzgargoogolplex · fzgargantugoogolplex · fzgiggol
Fuga-: fugaone · fugatwo · fugathree · fugafour · fugafive · fugasix · fugaseven · fugaeight · fuganine · fugaten · fugahundred · fugagoogol · fugagoogolplex · fugagargoogolplex · fugagargantugoogolplex · fugagiggol
Megafuga-: megafugaone · megafugatwo · megafugathree · megafugafour · megafugafive · megafugasix · megafugaseven · megafugaeight · megafuganine · megafugaten · megafugahundred · megafugagoogol · megafugagoogolplex · megafugagargoogolplex · megafugagargantugoogolplex · megafugagrangol
Extensions:
Booga-:: boogaone · boogatwo · boogathree · boogafour · boogafive · boogasix · boogaten · boogahundred · boogagoogol · boogagoogolplex
Gag-:: gagone · gagtwo · gagthree · gagfour · gagfive · gagsix · gagseven · gageight · gagnine · gagten · gaggoogol · gaggoogolplex

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