The largest Roman numeral which will fit in a Tweet is an "M" plus 279 overbars, which expresses exactly 10^840, as I shall now demonstrate
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This is actually significantly larger than the largest Arabic numeral which will fit in a Tweet, which is 280 "9" digits in a row, expressing 10^280 - 1
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However, plenty of Roman numerals for smaller values, such as 10^840 - 1, won't fit at all
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Replying to @qntm
whats the highest roman numeral for which it and all smaller roman numerals will fit on the page ?
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Replying to @Revolvolutionry
You're asking for the number which is 1 less than the first 281-character Roman numeral and I don't know offhand, give me some time
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Replying to @qntm @Revolvolutionry
The smallest integer with a 281-character Roman numeral which I can find is 78,888,888,888,887,888,888. So I believe the answer is 78,888,888,888,887,888,887, whose Roman numeral is 280 characters long (see next Tweet)
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Replying to @qntm @Revolvolutionry
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