A271643 Alphabetically first list of self-describing statements about the letter-type content of the list itself in the French language.

204, 304, 209, 504, 509, 215, 218, 505, 503, 521, 524, 219, 220, 803, 208, 1021, 1209, 226, 1205, 515, 1003, 1704, 520, 216, 1203, 526, 1014, 1017, 1705, 519, 1805, 1821, 508, 920, 206, 1020, 1120, 1220, 826, 808, 908, 1008, 915, 506, 1015, 1814

Offset

1,1

Comments

To decode the sequence, start by replacing the last two digits of a term by a letter of the alphabet (01=A, 02=B, 03=C, 04=D, ... 26=Z); one gets for the first 11 terms 2D, 3D, 2I, 5D, 5I, 2O, 2R, 5E, 5C, 5U, 5X,... Now replace the remaining numbers by their French name: DEUX D, TROIS D, DEUX I, CINQ D, CINQ I, DEUX O, DEUX R, CINQ E, CINQ C, CINQ U, CINQ X,... This succession of words is the alphabetically first one describing, step by step, the true state of the list so far.

Links

Jean-Marc Falcoz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A271642 (English version).

Sequence in context: A224983 A138605 A260975 * A108877 A163393 A245468

Adjacent sequences: A271640 A271641 A271642 * A271644 A271645 A271646

Keyword

nonn,base,word

Author

Eric Angelini and Jean-Marc Falcoz, Apr 11 2016

Status

approved