A072424 The five's sequence merely counts the letters in the words of the generating sentence.

5, 3, 6, 2, 3, 7, 2, 3, 5, 4, 2, 4, 8, 5, 2, 3, 6, 3, 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 7, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4, 2, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 8, 4, 2, 3, 7, 5, 2, 3, 10, 4, 2, 3, 10, 3, 2, 3, 9, 5, 2, 3, 9, 3, 2, 3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 10, 3, 2, 3, 10

Offset

1,1

References

M. J. Halm, Newies, Mpossibilities 64, p. 2 (Mar. 1997)

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..85.

M. J. Halm, neologisms

Formula

From the generating sentence: "Five's the number of the letters in the first word of this sentence, three in the second, six in the third, two in the fourth, three in the fifth ..." [Corrected to match sequence by Sean A. Irvine, Sep 29 2024]

Example

a(1) = 5 because the first word, five's, is five letters.

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A021655 A360270 A083237 * A089250 A155681 A075264

Adjacent sequences: A072421 A072422 A072423 * A072425 A072426 A072427

Keyword

easy,nonn,word

Author

Michael Joseph Halm, Jul 31 2002

Extensions

a(14) onward corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Sep 29 2024

Status

approved