[seqfan] Re: Spelling numbers and digits = same length

[Jonathan Post]

"This sentence contains ten words, eighteen syllables, and sixty-four letters."

[Jonathan Vos Post, Scientific American, reprinted in
"Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern",
by Douglas R. Hofstadter, paperback reprint March 1996, pp.26-27]


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Eric Angelini <Eric.Angelini at kntv.be> wrote:
> Hello SeqFans,
> below you will find a few numbers which, spelled in
> English, are as long as the spelling of their digits.
> Is this worth an entry in the OEIS?
>
> 1    2    3 -> 9     11      12      13        15
> ONE  TWO  ...  NINE  ELEVEN  TWELVE  THIRTEEN  FIFTEEN
> ONE  TWO  ...  NINE  ONEONE  ONETWO  ONETHREE  ONEFIVE
>
> 1001            1002            1003 -> 1009
> ONETHOUSANDONE  ONETHOUSANDTWO  ...     ONETHOUSANDNINE
> ONEZEROZEROONE  ONEZEROZEROTWO  ...     ONETHOUSANDNINE
>
> 2001            2002            2003 -> 2009
> TWOTHOUSANDONE  TWOTHOUSANDTWO  ...     TWOTHOUSANDNINE
> TWOZEROZEROONE  TWOZEROZEROTWO  ...     TWOTHOUSANDNINE
>
> ...
>
> 9001             9002            9003 -> 9009
> NINETHOUSANDONE  NINETHOUSANDTWO  ...    NINETHOUSANDNINE
> NINEZEROZEROONE  NINEZEROZEROTWO  ...    NINETHOUSANDNINE
>
> I guess some numbers are missing in the above sequence...
> Best,
> É.
>
>
>
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