Moving the "Mathematicians" Blog Series to "The World of Mathematics"

I’ve decided to move my "Mathematicians" blog series from the Googology and Cosmology blog to a new home: The World of Mathematics . This shift will help me better organize content and focus on delivering a cohesive experience for my readers. The "Mathematicians" series explores the lives, contributions, and legacies of brilliant minds who have shaped the world of mathematics. While the series fit well within the broad themes of googology and cosmology, I realized it deserved its own dedicated platform. By housing it in The World of Mathematics, I can create a space solely focused on math, making it easier for readers to find and enjoy this content. This move aligns with my goal to expand my blogging topics and improve their accessibility. Googology and Cosmology will continue to focus on large numbers, the universe, and their fascinating intersections, while The World of Mathematics will dive deeper into the beauty and logic of math. I’m thrilled about this chan...
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Exhaustive List of Large Numbers - Part 1

Negative of Large Cardinals

(1) Negative Absolute Infinity, -Ω

(2) Negative Limit Club Berkeley Cardinal

(3) Negative Club Berkeley Cardinal

(4) Negative Proto-Berkeley Cardinal

(5) Negative Berkeley Cardinal

(6) Negative Totally Reinhardt Cardinal

(7) Negative A-super Reinhardt Cardinal

(8) Negative Super Reinhardt Cardinal

(9) Negative Weakly Reinhardt Cardinal

(10) Negative Reinhardt Cardinal

(11) Negative of the Kunen Inconsistency

(12) Negative Axiom I0

(13) Negative Axiom I1

(14) Negative Axiom I2

(15) Negative Axiom I3

(16) Negative Wholeness Axiom

(17) Negative Hyperhuge Cardinal

(18) Negative Lambda-Hyperhuge Cardinal

(19) Negative Ultrahuge Cardinal

(20) Negative Lambda-Ultrahuge Cardinal

(21) Negative n-Hyperhuge Cardinal

(22) Negative Super Almost n-Hyperhuge Cardinal

(23) Negative n-Huge Cardinal

(24) Negative Huge* Cardinal

(25) Negative Almost n-Huge Cardinal

(26) Negative Super High-Jump Cardinal

(27) Negative High-Jump Cardinal (of order n)

(28) Negative Almost High-Jump Cardinal

(29) Negative High-Jump Cardinal

(30) Negative Vopenka Cardinal

(31) Negative Vopenka's Principle

(32) Negative Vopenka-Scheme Cardinal

(33) Negative Vopenka Scheme

(34) Negative Extendible Cardinal

(35) Negative n-Extendible Cardinal

(36) Negative Supercompact Cardinal

(37) Negative Lambda-Supercompact Cardinal

(38) Negative Strongly Compact Cardinal

(39) Negative Nearly Strong Compact Cardinal

(40) Negative Nearly Theta-Supercompact Cardinal

(41) Negative Indestructible Weakly Compact Cardinal

(42) Negative Subcompact Cardinal

(43) Negative n-Superstrong Cardinal

(44) Negative Superstrong Cardinal

(45) Negative Hyper-Woodin Cardinal

(46) Negative Shelah Cardinal

(47) Negative Weakly Hyper-Woodin Cardinal

(48) Negative Woodin Cardinal

(49) Negative Strongly Tall Cardinal

(50) Negative Strongly Theta-Tall Cardinal

(51) Negative Strong Cardinal

(52) Negative Tall Cardinal

(53) Negative Theta-Tall Cardinal

(54) Negative x-Hypermeasurable Cardinal

(55) Negative Lambda-Strong Cardinal

(56) Negative Zero-Dagger

(57) Negative k-Very Ramsey Cardinal

(58) Negative Measurable Cardinal

(59) Negative Weakly Measurable Cardinal

(60) Negative Super Ramsey Cardinal

(61) Negative Strongly Ramsey Cardinal

(62) Negative Almost Fully Ramsey Cardinal

(63) Negative Alpha-Ramsey Cardinal

(64) Negative Super Completely Ramsey Cardinal

(65) Negative Gamma-Hyper Completely Ramsey Cardinal

(66) Negative (Alpha+1)-Hyper Completely Ramsey Cardinal

(67) Negative 0-Hyper Completely Ramsey Cardinal

(68) Negative Completely Ramsey Cardinal

(69) Negative Pi[a]-Ramsey Cardinal

(70) Negative Delta-Mahlo Ramsey Cardinal

(71) Negative (Alpha+1)-Mahlo-Ramsey Cardinal

(72) Negative 0-Mahlo-Ramsey Cardinal

(73) Negative Ramsey Cardinal

(74) Negative Rowbottom Cardinal

(75) Negative Nu-Rowbottom Cardinal

(76) Negative Jonsson Cardinal

(77) Negative Virtually Ramsey Cardinal

(78) Negative Greatly Erdos Cardinal

(79) Negative Weakly Alpha-Erdos Cardinal

(80) Negative Almost Ramsey Cardinal

(81) Negative Chang's Conjecture

(82) Negative Gamma-Erdos Cardinal

(83) Negative Omega[1]-Erdos Cardinal

(84) Negative (Omega,Omega[1])-Erdos Cardinal

(85) Negative Omega[1]-Iterable Cardinal

(86) Negative Zero-Sharp

(87) Negative Silver Cardinal

(88) Negative (Omega,Alpha)-Ramsey Cardinal

(89) Negative Omega-Erdos Cardinal

(90) Negative Virtually Rank-into-Rank Cardinal

(91) Negative Virtually n-Huge* Cardinal

(92) Negative n-Iterable Cardinal

(93) Negative Virtually Shelah for Supercompactness Cardinal

(94) Negative Generic Vopenka's Principle

(95) Negative Completely Remarkable Cardinal

(96) Negative Virtually Extendible Cardinal

(97) Negative Remarkable Cardinal

(98) Negative The Weak Proper Forcing Axiom

(99) Negative Virtually Measurable Cardinal

(100) Negative Omega-Ramsey Cardinal

(101) Negative Alpha-Ramsey Cardinal

(102) Negative Super Weakly Ramsey Cardinal

(103) Negative Weakly Ramsey Cardinal

(104) Negative Completely Ineffable Cardinal

(105) Negative n-Ineffable Cardinal

(106) Negative n-Almost Ineffable Cardinal

(107) Negative n-Subtle Cardinal

(108) Negative Normal n-Ramsey Cardinal

(109) Negative Genuine n-Ramsey Cardinal

(110) Negative n-Ramsey Cardinal

(111) Negative Ineffable Cardinal

(112) Negative Weakly Ineffable Cardinal

(113) Negative Subtle Cardinal

(114) Negative Ethereal Cardinal

(115) Negative Superstrongly Unfoldable Cardinal

(116) Negative Strongly Unfoldable Cardinal

(117) Negative Theta-Strongly Unfoldable Cardinal

(118) Negative Long Unfoldable Cardinal

(119) Negative Unfoldable Cardinal

(120) Negative Theta-Unfoldable

(121) Negative A-Shrewd Cardinal

(122) Negative A-Eta-Shrewd Cardinal

(123) Negative Shrewd Cardinal

(124) Negative Eta-Shrewd Cardinal

(125) Negative Eta-Indescribable Cardinal

(126) Negative Totally-Indescribable Cardinal

(127) Negative Pi(m,n)-Indescribable Cardinal

(128) Negative Pi(1,0)-Indescribable Cardinal

(129) Negative Weakly Compact Cardinal

(130) Negative Sigma[Omega]-Weakly Compact Cardinal

(131) Negative Sigma[n]-Weakly Compact Cardinal

(132) Negative Hyper-Mahlo Cardinal

(133) Negative Alpha-Mahlo Cardinal

(134) Negative Strongly Mahlo Cardinal

(135) Negative Weakly Mahlo Cardinal

(136) Negative Sigma[Omega]-Mahlo Cardinal

(137) Negative Sigma[n]-Mahlo Cardinal

(138) Negative of "Ord is Mahlo"

(139) Negative Sigma[2]-Correct Ordinal

(140) Negative Hyper^Alpha-Inaccessible Cardinal

(141) Negative Hyperhyperinaccessible Cardinal

(142) Negative Alpha-Hyperinaccessible Cardinal

(143) Negative Hyperinaccessible Cardinal

(144) Negative Alpha-Inaccessible Cardinal

(145) Negative (Omega+1)-Inaccessible Cardinal

(146) Negative Omega-Inaccessible Cardinal

(147) Negative 2-Inaccessible Cardinal

(148) Negative 1-Inaccessible Cardinal

(149) Negative of the Grothendieck Universe Axiom

(150) Negative Stable Ordinals

(151) Negative Gap Ordinals

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