A064539 All...are divisible by 3 but why?
Robert G. Wilson v
rgwv at rgwv.com
Fri Jun 24 20:17:10 CEST 2005
Everyone,
As satisfying to me is putting it into a nice Mathematica program. So in essence
I have supplied the formula.
Bob.
Ralf Stephan wrote:
> Zak,
> for the primes are primes in all bases, the primes are not 'base'.
> But if you have the sequence 'sum of digits is prime' then one must
> know the base of the digits (usually 10) so that would be 'base'.
> So whenever you do something with digits please add 'base'.
>
> Why 'base' sequences are uninteresting, I can give you one reason:
> we like to find formulas for and interconnections between sequences,
> it's a real sport here. The problem: most 'base' sequences don't have
> these or they are really simple, like 10^n-1 for all-nines or so.
> But to get the difficult ones, it is better to study base-2 sequences
> first because they are easier to tackle than base-10. So, 'base-10' is
> either too easy or too difficult so most of us dismiss them altogether.
>
> I mean, what can be more satisfying than putting an %F line... ahm a
> formula on a previously untouched sequence?
>
>
> ralf
>
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