[seqfan] Re: Number Names

[Sean A. Irvine]

I will also try my own n -> English routine to see how it agrees.  It
would not surprise me if I have some bugs as well.


On 13 March 2015 at 03:49, Bob Selcoe <rselcoe at entouchonline.net> wrote:
> Hi Seqfans,
>
> It looks like Hans is right.  Seems like a very strange error.  Hopefully it
> won't take too long to correct.
>
> Hans and I had previously been discussing off-list if there are generally
> accepted rules or standards for applying English number names in games or
> sequences.   If so, they ought to be published in OEIS.
>
> For example, is "one thousand one hundred" preferred over "eleven hundred"??
> Best to eliminate spaces and/or hyphens?  Are these acceptable if specified
> a priori??
>
> Cheers,
> Bob Selcoe
>
>
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> From: "Neil Sloane" <njasloane at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:17 AM
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names
>
>> 10000 errors! If that is true then we need a new b-file.
>>
>> The existing b-file is cited in 23 other sequences,
>> some with their own b-files, so these will all need checking.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Neil
>>
>> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
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>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Hans Havermann <gladhobo at teksavvy.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > This contains, I think, 10000 errors; specifically for the numbers
>>> 84000-87999 and 94000-999999, by introducing an extraneous 't' at
>>> letter-position 7.
>>>
>>> 94000-999999 should be 94000-99999 of course.
>>>
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