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From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll)
Subject: Re: Integer not expressable in less than 13 words
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References: <STEPHEN.91Apr13001812@estragon.uchicago.edu> <1991Apr18.210832.9918@shl.com> <12719@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 15:58:31 GMT

In <12719@pt.cs.cmu.edu> tgl@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:

[Someone wrote:]
>> >So, what is the least positive integer not expressable in less than 13
>> >English words?

>The question is of no interest if you are restrictive about *how* the
>integer is described.  I believe the original poster meant to include
>phrases like "the ten millionth prime" and other indirect specifications.
>In that case it's obviously an unsolvable problem.

I think you've got it!  "The least positive integer not expressable in less
than 13 English words" is a 12-word English sentence.  Hmm...

--
David F. Skoll
