[seqfan] Re: Number Names

[Bob Selcoe]

Charles - do you know of situations where more than one basic format is 
preferred?  Seems to me having more than one format might be a little 
confusing.

Unless there are other (or multiple, depending on circumstances) accepted 
conventions used more frequently in publications, might I suggest Hans' 
b-file serve as a template; and if needed, additionally define how to 
incorporate larger powers of 10?

Bob S.


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From: "Charles Greathouse" <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 12:29 AM
To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Number Names

> 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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