A173181 Smallest positive number whose name in Spanish has the letter o in the n-th position starting from the end. (Spaces are not counted.)

1, 2, 12, 8, 103, 90, 80, 114, 140, 91, 81, 83, 85, 84

Offset

1,2

Comments

a(1)=1 because "uno" is the smallest number with "o" as its last letter;

a(2)=2 because "dos" is the smallest number with "o" in the 2nd position starting from the end;

a(3)=12 because "doce" is the smallest number with "o" in the 3rd position starting from the end;

a(4)=8 because "ocho" is the smallest number with "o" in the 4th position starting from the end;

a(5)=103 because "ciento tres" is the smallest number with "o" in the 5th position starting from the end (not counting the space).

References

Bulletin Los Acertijeros 77, June 1996, problem 608 by Rodolfo Kurchan

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..14.

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A332920 A266511 A014964 * A001898 A268230 A229628

Adjacent sequences: A173178 A173179 A173180 * A173182 A173183 A173184

Keyword

nonn,word

Author

Rodolfo Kurchan, Feb 11 2010

Status

approved