Sequences needing more terms: high-value targets?
Jon Schoenfield
jonscho at hiwaay.net
Tue May 15 01:05:07 CEST 2007
All,
My apologies if this has been addressed here recently (I'm a SEQFAN newbie),
or if it's addressed somewhere at the OEIS web site and I haven't found it
yet ...
Of the 5900+ sequences with keyword:more, some seem to be more broadly
important than others ... e.g., some seem more likely to be a sequence that
someone might encounter while doing serious research, and might consult the
OEIS in the hope of identifying it. Other sequences seem to be more just a
matter of curiosity (like something I might come up with if had other things
I should be doing, but really wanted to play with numbers instead <g>). I'm
running a program now to extend A054214 a little, but I doubt that any
additional terms I provide will really make any difference to anybody's
research. :-)
Is there some convenient way to gauge the general level of interest in a
given sequence with keyword:more? One could Google the name of a sequence
and count the hits .... More specifically (since some sequences may already
show plenty of terms for most OEIS users, but not quite enough to fill three
lines), is there some good way to gauge the general level of interest in
extending a particular sequence? I'm basically looking for ideas as to how
to identify "high-value targets," as it were, among sequences with
keyword:more.
A related question: the definitions of keywords "hard" and "more" at the
OEIS web site both ask, "Would someone please extend this sequence?" ... but
is there a conflict between them? There are currently 1000 sequences with
both:
hard: Next term is not known and may be hard to find.
more: More terms are needed and should not be difficult to find.
Best wishes,
-- Jon Schoenfield
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