What's the next number in this sequence

[deftron]

Originally posted by: ArmenK

Originally posted by: deftron
When I said "very tough math problem"

I should have said ""very tough problem for anyone who knows math"

Why do you need to know math for this problem? If anything you need to not think about math to solve it since it requires counting letters in words.

yeah, that's what I meant

tough problem for math experts
easy problem for others

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: ribbon13
a(n) when spelled is the smallest positive integer > a(n-1) with exactly n letters.

Yeah ... like I said ... nice Googling

%S A084390 1,4,7,11,15,18,21,24,27,73,101,104,107,111,115,118,121,124,127,173,323,
%T A084390 373,1104,1107,1111,1115,1118,1121,1124,1127,1173,1323,1373,3323,3373,
%U A084390 11373,13323,13373,17373,23323,23373,73373,101373,103323,103373,111373
%N A084390 a(n), when spelled in English, is the smallest positive integer > a(n-1) with exactly n letters.
%C A084390 This uses the conventions that "and" is never used, and two-digit numbers are not used before "hundred". The sequence is labeled "finite" because there is no widely accepted naming convention for arbitrarily large numbers. - David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Dec 20 2004
%H A084390 Author?, <a href="http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=e...3a57%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D6">Title?</a>
%H A084390 Author?, <a href="http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=e...%252C4%252C7%252C11%252C15%252C18%2522">Title?</a>
%e A084390 a(5) = 7 because 'seven' has 5 letters

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Even if you were part of that, you wouldn't use the same phrase verbatim :roll:

Owned.

 

[ribbon13]

Please reference the definition of verbatim. And as others pointed out, math has little to do with it, as it is inexorably tied to the English language

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: ArmenK

Originally posted by: deftron
When I said "very tough math problem"

I should have said ""very tough problem for anyone who knows math"

Why do you need to know math for this problem? If anything you need to not think about math to solve it since it requires counting letters in words.

yeah, that's what I meant

tough problem for math experts
easy problem for others

Ah, I see. But I wouldnt say it's an easy problem for anyone, math expert or not.