misleading plots
N. J. A. Sloane
njas at research.att.com
Mon Oct 2 04:52:33 CEST 2006
Dear Seqfans,
Using the new "graph" button one can see plots of thousands
of terms of many sequences.
Often there is an "obvious" rate of growth - the points
"clearly" lie on a straight line or curve of some kind.
There's a new entry in the Index to the OEIS listing
some sequences where this "obvious" rate of growth
(even looking at a large number of terms) is
complete nonsense!
deceptive plots: A014612, A034598, A034415
NJAS
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