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The goobol is equal to \(\lbrace10,100 (1) 2\rbrace = \{\underbrace{10,10 \ldots 10,10}_{100}\} = 100 \& 10\) in BEAF.[1] The term was coined by Jonathan Bowers.

Goobol is comparable to Saibian's godgahlah, and could be described as 100 arguments with all numbers in its arguments being 10.

It is also expanded to:

{10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10}

SeveralLegend9998 calls this number boodol, and it's equal to 10(100)10 in Hyperdimensional Array Notation.[2]

Approximations in other notations[]

Notation Approximation
Bird's array notation \(\{10,100 [2] 2\}\) (exact)
Hyper-E notation \(\textrm{E}100 \# ^{99} 100\)
Cascading-E notation \(\textrm{E}100\#\text{^}\#99\)
Hyperfactorial array notation \(100![1,1,1,2]\)
Notation Array Notation \((100\{5,99\}2)\)
X-Sequence Hyper-Exponential Notation \(10\{X^{98}\}100\)
Fast-growing hierarchy \(f_{\omega^{98}}(100)\)
Hardy hierarchy \(H_{\omega^{\omega^{98}}}(100)\)
Slow-growing hierarchy (using this system

of fundamental sequences)

\(g_{\psi_0(\Omega^{\Omega^\omega})}(100)\)

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See also[]

Googol and related numbers

Originals: googol · googolplex
Cockburn's examples: gargoogolplex · fzgoogolplex · (mega)fugagoogolplex
Googol-n-plex: googolduplex · googoltriplex · -quadriplex · -quinplex · -sextiplex · -septiplex · -octiplex · -noniplex · -deciplex · -centiplex
Googol-103n-plex: googolmilliplex · -megaplex · -gigaplex · -teraplex · -petaplex · -exaplex · -zettaplex · -yottaplex · -xennaplex · -vekaplex · -mekaplex · -googolaplex · -googolyriaplex
Bowers' extensions: giggol · gaggol · geegol · boogol · biggol · troogol · goobol · more...
Saibian's extensions: googol-minutia · googolchime · googoltoll · googolgong · grangol · greagol · gigangol · gugold · graatagold · gugolthra · throogol · godgahlah · tethrathoth · more...
Miscellany: googolbang (10100!) · googolminex (10^-10100) · googolteen · googolty · great googol(plex) · gooprol · little googol/googolbit · zootzootplex · googolyriad


Jonathan Bowers' googol series

Googol series: googol(plex/duplex/triplex/quadraplex/quinplex) · giggol(plex/duplex) · gaggol(plex/duplex) · geegol(plex) · gigol(plex) · goggol(plex) · gagol(plex)
Boogol series: boogol(plex/duplex/triplex) · biggol(plex/duplex) · baggol(plex) · beegol(plex) · bigol · boggol · bagol
Troogol series: troogol(plex/duplex) · triggol(plex/duplex) · traggol(plex/duplex) · treegol · trigol · troggol · tragol
Quadroogol series: quadroogol(plex/duplex) · quadriggol(plex) · quadraggol · quadreegol · quadrigol · quadroggol · quadragol
Quintoogol series: quintoogol(plex) · quintiggol · quintaggol · quinteegol · quintigol · quintagol
Sextoogol series: sextoogol · septoogol · octoogol
Goobol series: goobol(plex) · gibbol · gabbol · geebol · gibol · gobbol · gabol
Boobol series: boobol · bibbol · babbol · beebol · bibol · bobbol · babol
Troobol series: troobol · tribbol · trabbol
Quadroobol series: quadroobol · quadribbol · quadrabbol · (quintoobol)
Gootrol series: gootrol · gitrol · gatrol · geetrol · gietrol · gotrol · gaitrol
Bootrol series: bootrol · trootrol · quadrootrol
Gooquadrol series: gooquadrol · booquadrol · quadreequadrol · (gooquintol)
Gossol series: gossol(plex) · gissol · gassol · geesol(plex) · gussol
Mossol series: mossol(plex) · missol · massol · meesol · mussol
Bossol series: bossol · bissol · bassol · beesol · bussol
Trossol series: trossol · trissol · trassol · treesol · trussol · (quadrossol · quintossol)
Dubol series: dubol · dutrol · duquadrol · dossol(plex)
Douglas Shamlin Jr.'s extensions: nonoogol · decoogol · undecoogol · duodecoogol · tredecoogol · quattuordecoogol · quindecoogol · sexdecoogol · septendecoogol · octodecoogol · novemdecoogol · vigintoogol · trigintoogol · quadragintoogol · quinquagintoogol · sexagintoogol · septuagintoogol · octogintoogol · nonagintoogol · centoogol · googoloogol · boobolplex · troobolplex · bitrol · batrol · goosextol · dubolplex
BAT4423's extensions: sextoobol · quintootrol · sextossol · duquintol
XRQ CORPORATION's extensions: gibbolplex · gabbolplex · quintibbol · gootrolplex · beetrol · tritrol · tratrol · giquadrol · gaquadrol · gooseptol · bossolplex · quadrissol · quadrassol · quadreesol · quadrussol · septossol
TheInfinitySeeker's extensions: · septiggol · septaggol · septeegol
Tranbaofu's extensions: · gossoloctanonagentiplex · gissoloctanonagentiplex