[seqfan] Re: Number Names

[Eric Angelini]

> OEIS Wiki

... indeed. The same problem arised in French -- and
after à while (discussions, propositions) was solved
 (agreement).
There is now this page on top of which you just
enter a number  (in digit) and get its name back.

http://www.graner.net/nicolas/nombres/nom.php

Nicolas provides the full list of French number names
upon request.
Best,
É.



Catapulté de mon aPhone

> Le 13 mars 2015 à 06:30, "Charles Greathouse" <charles.greathouse at case.edu> a écrit :
> 
> This would be a good topic for the OEIS wiki. Define what the standard
> formats are for naming numbers and which sequences use which formats, then
> stick to those whenever possible.
> 
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
> 
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Bob Selcoe <rselcoe at entouchonline.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> Thanks for the link but unfortunately that doesn't really help - there are
>> too many versions for each number, some of which are really slang.
>> 
>> If this really is an issue I think we need a standard approach to define
>> the conventions, and make it easily accessible on OEIS.
>> 
>> Perhaps Hans' approach with no "and", hyphens or spaces, and spelling out
>> "thousand" when possible would work?
>> 
>> Is there a consensus on doing this?
>> 
>> Bob S.
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: <john.mason at lispa.it>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 3:42 PM
>> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names
>> 
>> 
>>> Ciao
>>> This page http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_numerals gives
>>> a
>>> not particularily definitive naming convention and explains the difference
>>> of the "and" between British and American. So if sequences are using
>>> American english, this should at least be mentioned in their definitions.
>>> Once this clarification is made, the finer points may be left to the
>>> inhabitants of the (ex-)colonies.
>>> John
>>> 
>>> Inviato da iPad
>>> 
>>> Il giorno 12 Mar 2015, alle ore 20:52, "Frank Adams-Watters"
>>>> 
>>> <franktaw at netscape.net> ha scritto:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I think it's more complicated than that. Many Americans do use "and",
>>>> 
>>> although at least when I was in school we were taught to not use it. And
>>> those who do use it differ as to which places they use it.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Hans Havermann <gladhobo at teksavvy.com>
>>>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
>>>> Sent: Thu, Mar 12, 2015 2:11 pm
>>>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I've seen it explained that the "and" differentiates the British version
>>>> 
>>> of
>>> 
>>>> number names. Americans use "and" only after "thous". ;)
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2015, at
>>>> 2:58 PM, Sean A. Irvine <sairvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Apart from presence of
>>>> "and"...
>>>> 
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