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Overflow[]

represents a number too large to represent explicitly on your computer system.

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Overflow

Overflow[]

represents a number too large to represent explicitly on your computer system.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Scope  (1)

Computations with Overflow[] may still resolve to numbers:

Properties & Relations  (3)

Overflow[] is considered a Real number:

Overflow[] is greater than any explicit number:

The reciprocal of Overflow[] is Underflow[]:

Wolfram Research (1988), Overflow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1988), Overflow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "Overflow." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). Overflow. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_overflow, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Overflow}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_overflow, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Overflow}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Overflow.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}