Sequence Commonality Stats
N. J. A. Sloane
njas at research.att.com
Fri Mar 7 02:30:13 CET 2003
such averages are misleading!
there are clusters of sequences around common
beginnings like
1 2 3 4 5 6
and
2 3 5 7
where large numbers of sequences all begin the same way
but for random starts, like
344343434343 22319889 2243434465868675757 2333320090989464656
there are zero sequences
it is such a mixed database that averages don't make sense
probability theory is best used in homoegeneous data sets
like die-tossing records where there is an underlying
random process.
keep in mind what Einstein said: God does not play dice with
the OEIS
NJAS
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