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  2. Large numbers - Wikipedia

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    For example, class 5 is defined to include numbers between 10 10 10 10 6 and 10 10 10 10 10 6, which are numbers where X becomes humanly indistinguishable from X 2 [14] (taking iterated logarithms of such X yields indistinguishibility firstly between log(X) and 2log(X), secondly between log(log(X)) and 1+log(log(X)), and finally an extremely ...

  3. History of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] though chapter 30 (the Asamkyeyas) in Thomas Cleary's translation of it we find the definition of the number "untold" as exactly 10 10*2 122, expanded in the 2nd verses to 10 4*5*2 121 and continuing a similar expansion indeterminately.

  4. May 3 - Wikipedia

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    This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h). In meteorology, the term "May 3" is synonymous with the F5 tornado. [10] 1999 – Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.

  5. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    In the Etruscan system, the symbol 1 was a single vertical mark, the symbol 10 was two perpendicularly crossed tally marks, and the symbol 100 was three crossed tally marks (similar in form to a modern asterisk *); while 5 (an inverted V shape) and 50 (an inverted V split by a single vertical mark) were perhaps derived from the lower halves of ...

  6. Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Mehmet II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد الثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II.Mehmet), (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", in Ottoman Turkish), or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432, Edirne – May 3, 1481, Hünkârcayırı, near Gebze) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and ...

  7. List of decades, centuries, and millennia - Wikipedia

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    Timelines of world history; List of timelines; Chronology; See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline.

  8. 1494 - Wikipedia

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    May 5 – Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica. [2] May 7 – The infant Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia. May 31 – First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces. June 7 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World ...

  9. 1495 - Wikipedia

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    February 22 – Italian War of 1494–98: King Charles VIII of France enters Naples, to claim the city's throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin Gilbert, Count of Montpensier as viceroy.