is UNIVERSE finite?

universe - the universe as a whole
India
December 18, 2006 11:49am CST
wel my question might be a contradiction to many especially after a lot of discussions started by many others related to this, but the thing is that this is something that has happened in a classroom. "it seems that a great mathematician or logician I don't remember exactly came across the number 10power40 or 10degree40 while some students of his performing some lengthy calculations and on getting noticed the logician informed the students that they 10degree40 is a value equal to the size of universe and told them that the answer for the calculation cannot be obtained. Is the above story true. It was told to me by one of my lecturers and initially i couldn't believe but had to since i believe in my lecturer.
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