The name of a large but not infinite number. It comes from a work of Archimedes (in latin "Archimedis Syracusani arenarius Dimensio Circuli et") written for King Gelón III of Syracuse (Sicily), where he explains that it is possible to name figures higher to look using mathematics (10 raised to the 8 by 10 raise) or the 16) that would be the number of grains of sand required to fill the universe known in his time. The Greeks called 968; 945; 956; 956; 959; 965; 945; 961; 953; 964; 956; 959; 962; (sammoy aritmos, "the number of sand") a countless number.
