Book:Archimedes/The Sand-Reckoner
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Archimedes: The Sand-Reckoner
Published $c. 250 BCE$.
Subject Matter
Archimedes describes a system of notation for designating very large numbers, up to $N^{N^N}$, where $N = 10^8$.
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Historical Note
The Sand-Reckoner by Archimedes was addressed to King Gelon of Syracuse (who appears to have lived some $250$ years earlier).
It is in this book that we learn that Aristarchus of Samos had first proposed a heliocentric universe, nearly $2000$ years before Nicolaus Copernicus.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $-1$ and $i$
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{51}$
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.5$: Archimedes (ca. $287$ – $212$ B.C.)
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $-1$ and $i$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $10^{51}$
