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A139132 The following sequence of French words has the property that it tells which letters in the sequence are vowels: un, quatre, cinq, huit, dix, quatorze, quinze, dix-huit, vingt et un, vingt-deux, ... Now replace the words by their numerical values. 0
1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

If there is a choice, pick the smallest number (or word) that makes sense. Hyphens, accents and spaces are ignored.

REFERENCES

E. Angelini, "Jeux de suites", in Dossier Pour La Science, pp. 32-35, Volume 59 (Jeux math'), April/June 2008, Paris.

EXAMPLE

The first vowel is the "u" in "un", in position 1 (un), the second vowel is the "u" in "quatre", the fourth letter in the sentence (i.e. in position 4, quatre) and so on.

CROSSREFS

For an English version see A139133.

Sequence in context: A033157 A059659 A140459 * A022435 A190394 A116050

Adjacent sequences:  A139129 A139130 A139131 * A139133 A139134 A139135

KEYWORD

nonn,word,easy,more

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com) (based on Angelini's article), Jun 08 2008

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