[seqfan] Re: OK to submit interesting new sequences

[Alonso Del Arte]

On a philosophical level, I think I agree with Jeremy and Robert. But on a
practical level I think I understand Neil's point: sequences like A096064,
A096065 and certainly A095995 are sequences I would not submit today; not
that I could -- someone else would have already taken care of them.

Al

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Robert Munafo <mrob27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The prime numbers originated in Nature, but the human mind is a
> pattern-recognition mechanism. So, mathematicians have distanced themselves
> from Nature by preoccupying themselves with finding patterns in the
> integers.
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:15, Jeremy Gardiner <
> jeremy.gardiner at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > If mathematics is the study of patterns and the prime numbers are what is
> > left when you have taken all the patterns away, then sequences of prime
> > numbers are the *least* interesting sequences...
> >
> > On 10/6/10 17:40, "N. J. A. Sloane" <njas at research.att.com> wrote:
> > > In fact, it is the sequences that are sent in by people not
> > > on the mailing list that are often of the greatest interest
> > > (and are not just another "primes of the form ..." sequence).
> >
>
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>  Robert Munafo  --  mrob.com
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