[seqfan] Re: Niven-Harshad english numbers

[Maximilian Hasler]

The analogue of  Niven (or Harshad) numbers
> http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A005349
would be to consider TEN as number written in base 26
i.e. T*26^2+E*26+N
where A=1, B=2,...

Maximilian

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM,  <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
> Ugly, ugly, ugly.
>
> Sorry, but it is.  There are so many arbitrary features here.  Leaving
> aside that this is both a "base" and a "word" sequence, why does
> 20,5,14 become 20514 instead of 200514 or (20*26+5)*26+14?  (Your way,
> you can't tell the difference between "ACE" and "ME" -- both are 135.)
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Angelini <Eric.Angelini at kntv.be>
>
> Hello SeqFan,
>
> is there already a list of numbers spelled in english
> which would kind of obey this law:
> http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A005349
>
> For instance T E N is divisible by T+E+N in this way:
>            20 5 14       /       20+5+14
>                    20514 / 39 = 526
> (letters are replaced by their rank in the alphabet)
> Thanks,
> É.
>
>
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