Sequences whose entries are A-numbers

Richard Guy rkg at cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Mon Oct 24 17:13:49 CEST 2005


I agree with Brendan & David.  The OEIS is getting
cluttered with ``sequences for sequences' sake''.

R,

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Brendan McKay wrote:

> I personally find sequences of the form "A-numbers of sequences
> such that..." completely useless and a terrible idea.
>
> Sometimes it can be interesting to know whether a particular
> sequence is prime-free, or square-free, or whatever.  However,
> the A-number of that sequence is an arbitrary label and not
> interesting.
>
> There is a solution: invent new flags like "prime-free" and
> attach them to sequences where that property is interesting.
>
> Brendan.
>





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