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A002810 Smallest number requiring n syllables in English.
(Formerly M4341 N1818)
2
1, 7, 11, 27, 77, 107, 111, 127, 177, 777, 1127, 1177, 1777, 7777, 11777, 27777, 77777, 107777, 111777, 127777, 177777, 777777, 1127777, 1177777, 1777777, 7777777 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

This sequence uses British English as opposed to American English. a(6) = 6 since "one hundred and seven" has six syllables. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 24 2009

REFERENCES

Rodolfo Kurchan, Mesmerizing Math. Puzzles, by Sterling Publications, page 18.

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

Robert G. Wilson v, English names for the numbers from 0 to 11159 without spaces or hyphens .

EXAMPLE

One has one syllable, seven has two syllables, etc.. a(3)=11 because eleven has 3 syllables

CROSSREFS

Cf. A045736.

Sequence in context: A002643 A039287 A045222 * A045736 A158807 A067006

Adjacent sequences:  A002807 A002808 A002809 * A002811 A002812 A002813

KEYWORD

word,nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

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