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* Class 3: all numbers beyond Class 2, representable only by approximation, using [[scientific notation]]. This class has no upper limit.
 
* Class 3: all numbers beyond Class 2, representable only by approximation, using [[scientific notation]]. This class has no upper limit.
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Hudelson <ref name=Hudelson>Matt Hudelson. "[http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/faculty/hudelson/moser.html Large Numbers]." [[Washington State University]], October 2, 1997. Retrieved May 23, 2007.</ref> points out that one can always represent a very large finite number as an [[exponent]]ial [[power]] of smaller numbers. Examples of such notation in ancient literature abound. The best example in the [[Bible]] is probably {{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=9|verses=16|version=KJV}}.<ref>The [[King James Version]] renders the number as "two hundred thousand thousand," and most later [[English]] translations render it "two hundred million." The actual [[Greek language|Greek]] text reads "two myriads of myriads." A Greek myriad is ten thousand and was the Greek limit of named large numbers.</ref>
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Hudelson <ref name=Hudelson>Matt Hudelson. "[http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/faculty/hudelson/moser.html Large Numbers]." [[Washington State University]], October 2, 1997. Retrieved May 23, 2007.</ref> points out that one can always represent a very large finite number as an [[exponent]]ial [[power]] of smaller numbers. Examples of such notation in ancient literature abound. The best example in the [[Bible]] is probably {{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=9|verses=16|version=KJV}}.<ref>The [[King James Version]] renders the number as "two hundred thousand thousand," and most later [[English]] translations render it "two hundred million." The actual [[Greek]] text reads "two myriads of myriads." A Greek myriad is ten thousand and was the Greek limit of named large numbers.</ref>
    
== Current English notation ==
 
== Current English notation ==
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