A006933 'Eban' numbers (the letter 'e' is banned!).
2, 4, 6, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2030, 2032, 2034, 2036, 2040, 2042, 2044, 2046, 2050, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2060, 2062, 2064, 2066, 4000, 4002, 4004, 4006, 4030, 4032, 4034, 4036, 4040, 4042, 4044, 4046, 4050, 4052, 4054, 4056, 4060, 4062, 4064, 4066, 6000
Offset: 1
Examples
2052 is in the sequence because written out in English words, "two thousand fifty-two", it does not contain a single instance of the letter E. 2053 (two thousand fifty-three) is not in the sequence because written out it contains two instances of E.
References
- J. C. Hernandez et al., "Characterization of Eban numbers", pp. 197-200, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, 31 (3) 2002-2003.
- Georges Perec, La disparition, Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1969; English translation: A Void, Harvill, 1994. (A novel that does not use the letter "e".)
- Georges Perec, Les Revenentes [a novel in which the only vowel that appears is 'e']. - From Simon Plouffe, Mar 12 2010
- N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
Links
- Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
- Roel and Bas van Dijk, Numerals package, Hackage (Haskell packages)
- Brady Haran and N. J. A. Sloane, What Number Comes Next? (2018), Numberphile video
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Eban Number
- Index entries for sequences related to number of letters in n
Crossrefs
Programs
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Haskell
import Data.Maybe (fromJust) import Data.Text (Text); import qualified Data.Text as T (unpack) import Text.Numeral.Grammar.Reified (defaultInflection) import qualified Text.Numeral.Language.EN as EN -- see link a006933 n = a006933_list !! (n-1) a006933_list = filter (T.all (/= 'e') . numeral) [0..] where numeral :: Integer -> Text numeral = fromJust . EN.gb_cardinal defaultInflection -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 23 2015
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Magma
[ n : n in [1..100] | forall{ i : i in [1..#seq] | seq[i] in eban[(i-1)mod 3+1]} where seq is Intseq(n) ] where eban is [[0,2,4,6],[0,3,4,5,6],[0]]; // Sergei Haller (sergei(AT)sergei-haller.de), Dec 21 2006
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PARI
is(n)=!setsearch(Set(Vec(English(n))), "e") \\ See A052360 for English(). - M. F. Hasler, Apr 01 2019
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Python
from num2words import num2words [n for n in range(6001) if 'e' not in num2words(n)] # Indranil Ghosh, Jul 05 2017
Extensions
More terms from WG Zeist, Aug 28 2012
More cross-references from M. F. Hasler, Apr 01 2019
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