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A242782
The longest Dewey Decimal number (as of 2001).
0
3, 0, 1, 1, 5, 4, 3, 0, 1, 2, 9, 1, 7, 4, 9, 2, 7, 0, 5, 6, 9, 4
OFFSET
3,1
COMMENTS
Bob Kann writes: "Staff members at Northwestern University Library Cataloging Department have identified what is believed to be the longest Dewey number ever under serious consideration for assignment: a 23-digit monster for ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARD ISRAEL by Yehoshafat Harkabi, 301.1543012917492705694. The meaning of the number can be broken down as follows: 301-Sociology, 1543-Opinions, attitudes, beliefs on specific topics (Add 001-999); 301-Sociology; 29-Historical and geographical treatment (Add "areas"); 174-Region where specific racial, ethnic, national groups predominate (Add from Table 5); 927-Arabs and Maltese; 0-General relations between two countries (Add "areas"); 5694-Palestine, Israel. In other words: Historical and geographical treatment of opinions on countries where Arabs predominate, and their relations with Israel."
EXAMPLE
301.1543012917492705694
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A094921 A246522 A140166 * A011256 A294212 A220691
KEYWORD
cons,dumb,nonn,fini,full
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, May 22 2014
STATUS
approved