OFFSET
0,1
REFERENCES
M. Ecker, Number play, calculators, and card tricks: Mathemagical black holes, in E. Berlekamp and T. Rodgers, eds., The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner, A. K. Peters, 1999, pp. 41-52.
EXAMPLE
Since "twenty three" has 12 letters (including the space), "twelve" has 6 letters, "three" has 5 letters, "four" has four letters, and no other smaller nonnegative integer maps to 4 in exactly 5 iterations, then a(5) = 23.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,word,less
AUTHOR
Matthew E. Coppenbarger, Mar 20 2018
STATUS
approved