A000621 G.F.: Conflicting Formulas

Michele Dondi blazar at pcteor1.mi.infn.it
Thu Dec 1 14:56:30 CET 2005


On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Alexandre Wajnberg wrote:

> I wonder also if the first term makes sense chemically speaking, because an
> alkane with zero atom of carbon is not any more an alkane (except if the X
> is itself an alkane, but then it becomes another term of the same
> sequence...).

Well, as usual mathematically speaking, if the set of its carbon atoms is 
empty, then all of its members have any property you like. If a set of 
such properties give a sufficient condition for the former to be an 
alcane, it is!


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