Numerical values of Latin letters
Jonathan Post
jvospost3 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 21:00:08 CET 2007
Continuing, if I'm right at all, we'd have a(1)-a(50) as
A132984 4, 3, 4, 8, 7, 3, 6, 4, 5, 5, 7, 8, 8, 13, 9, 7, 11, 12, 11,
7, 11, 10, 11, 15, 14, 10, 13, 13, 12, 8, 12, 11, 12, 16, 15, 11, 14,
16, 15, 11, 15, 14, 15, 19, 18, 14, 17, 16, 12
with 40 through 50 being:
quadraginta, quadraginta unus, quadraginta duo, quadraginta tres,
quadraginta quattuor, quadraginta quinque, quadraginta sex,
quadraginta septem, duodequinquaginta, undequinquagginta, quinquaginta
Now we have the makings of the inverse function:
Least cardinal integer which has exactly n letters in its Latin
name [can someone please verify and extend?]
n a(n) namely
3 2 duo
4 1 unus
5 9 novem
6 7 septem
7 5 quinque
8 4 quattuor
9 15 quindecim
10 22 viginti duo
11 17 septemdecim
12 18 duodeviginti
13 14 quattuordecim
14 25 viginti quinque
15 24 viginti quattuor
16 34 triginta quattuor
17 47 quadraginta septem
18 45 quadraginta quinque
19 44 quadraginta quattuor
20 54 quinquaginta quattuor
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