: new keyword: probation

[franktaw at netscape.net]

Well, there are some, like A007656 (atomic numbers of elements) which not so contingent as others.  Contingent on the laws of physics, maybe ....  At the other extreme are sequences like A000053 (New York Broadway line subway stops).
 
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc LeBrun <mlb at fxpt.com>
To: seqfan at ext.jussieu.fr
Sent: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:22:40 -0800
Subject: Re: : new keyword: probation


> I have sometimes thought that there ought to be a keyword for sequences 
> (like A115380) which are "real-world" instead of mathematical. 
 
"contingent" perhaps, as it's applied to essentially descriptive or 
observational disciplines such as history, geography or their like. 
 
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