A121305 Value of Roman numeral embedded in English name of n, or 0 if no such value exists.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9, 5, 1, 1, 0, 55, 55, 1, 0, 1, 9, 5, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0, 6, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 2, 2, 0

Offset: 0

Author

Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 05 2006

Keywords

• base
• easy
• nonn
• word

Comments

Not well-defined! A002904 is the main entry for this sequence. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 28 2011.

There are a finite number of nonzero values because "hunDreD" and "mILLIon" and "bILLIon" and "trILLIon" and so forth yield non-well-formed Roman numerals. The largest n such that a(n) is nonzero is 94044 maps to "nInetyfour thousanD fortyfour" maps to "ID" maps to 499.

Allowing a(94044) = 499 because of "ID" speaks to the non-standard usage (499 = "CDXCIX") that makes this sequence, as mentioned above, not necessarily well-defined. If "ID" is ok, why not "IIV" for a(35)? If we take Mathematica's RomanNumeral conversion as standard (for integers 1-4999; starting with 5000 we generate overbars), then there are 1411 nonzero entries up to and including a(44099) = 502. Specifically, I (30 solutions), II (8), IV (7), V (9), VI (2), IX (9), LV (2), D (272), DI (480), DII (128), DIV (112), DV (144), DVI (32), DIX (144), and DLV (32). - Hans Havermann, May 06 2019

Examples

			a(5) = 4 because 5 maps to "five" maps to "fIVe" maps to "IV" maps to 4.
a(6) = 9 because 6 maps to "six" maps to "sIX" maps to "IX" maps to 9.
a(7) = 5 because 7 maps to "seven" maps to "seVen" maps to "V" maps to 5.
a(8) = 1 because 8 maps to "eight" maps to "eIght" maps to "I" maps to 1.
a(9) = 1 because 9 maps to "nine" maps to "nIne" maps to "I" maps to 1.
a(35) = 0 because 35 maps to "thirty-five" maps to "thIrty-fIVe" maps to "IIV" which is not a well-formed Roman nhumeral, hence maps to 0.
a(1000) = 500 because 1000 maps to "one thousand" maps to "one thousanD" maps to "D" maps to 500.
		

Links

• Brady Haran and N. J. A. Sloane, What Number Comes Next? (2018), Numberphile video

Crossrefs

Cf. A002904, A005589.

Formula

Take English name of n as string of characters, eliminate all spaces, hyphens and letters other than I, V, X, L, C, D, M. Interpret remaining string as a Roman numeral, assigning 0 if the string is not well-formed and a(n) is well-formed.