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A038188
Smallest integer whose name in colloquial American English (no "and"s) uses n different letters.
0
1, 1, 1, 3, 8, 13, 14, 14, 24, 74, 112, 125, 125, 165, 265, 1265, 2568, 12468, 1002568, 1001002568, 1000001001002568, 1000000001000001001002568, 1001000000001000001001002568
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
Sequence stops at a(23) since 24,25,26 can't be achieved.
LINKS
Michael Keith, Some properties of one, two, three..., Word Ways, 32:3 (1999), pp. 175-177.
EXAMPLE
a(5)=8 because "eight" is smallest number with 5 different letters.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A131213 A320260 A105371 * A310285 A310286 A310287
KEYWORD
nonn,word,fini,full
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved