[seqfan] Re: Number Names

[Charles Greathouse]

Right now we have multiple standards: A005589 and A052360 are the main
ones, I believe. I'm just trying to make the distinction between these two
and any others unambiguous.

Marc: I'll see your Tanenbaum quote and raise you http://xkcd.com/927/

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Bob Selcoe <rselcoe at entouchonline.net>
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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