[seqfan] Re: gentle reminder

[Robert G. Wilson v]

Et al,

    The title of the sequence should be 4. or the OEIS is meaningless. And 
that only happens when we use proper syntax. Grammar and spelling is not far 
behind.

Bob.

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From: "Alonso Del Arte" <alonso.delarte at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:57 PM
To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
Subject: [seqfan] Re: gentle reminder

> I think we're getting into some rather silly territory if we're going to
> police spelling and punctuation to normalize either to American or British
> standards. I would hope most users of the OEIS have encountered both in
> their readings and aren't thrown by either.
>
> On my list of priorities:
>
> 1. Accuracy of terms given
> 2. Accuracy of formulas given
> 3. Accuracy of CAS commands
> 4. ...
> 999. Adherence to American spelling and grammar.
>
> Al
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:20 PM, <ghodges14 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Klaus. I don't remember ever seeing this list. It might be a good
>> idea for the FAQ page to mention it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matthew Vandermast
>>
>>
>>
>> toinal Message -----
>> From: Klaus Brockhaus
>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> Sent: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:08:45 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: [seqfan]  gentle reminder
>>
>> The OEIS index has an entry "spelling and notation":
>>
>>    http://oeis.org/classic/Sindx_Sp.html
>>    http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/Sindx_Sp.html
>>
>> It gives examples and is not exclusive / complete.
>>
>> *spelling and notation , guide to (start):
>> *spelling and notation: the following are the correct spellings for some
>> words and symbols that are commonly mistyped in the OEIS:
>> spelling: > (not grth)
>> spelling: >= (not \ge)
>> spelling: a(n) for n-th term in sequence (not a[n])
>> spelling: color (not colour - the OEIS uses U.S. spelling)
>> spelling: dependent (not dependant)
>> spelling: dissectable (not dissectible)
>> spelling: e for 2.718281828... (not E)
>> spelling: Fibonacci (not fibonacci)
>> spelling: generalize (not generalise)
>> spelling: J. S. Bach (not J.S. Bach - a period should be followed by a
>> space, except in hyphenated names like J.-P. Serre)
>> spelling: log(n) (not ln(x) or Log[x])
>> spelling: log_10(x) for logs to base 10
>> spelling: n X n (not n x n, not n by n)
>> spelling: n-th, m-th, i-th, j-th, etc. (not nth, mth, ith, jth)
>> spelling: neighbor (not neighbour)
>> spelling: nilpotent (not "nil-potent")
>> spelling: nonnegative (not non-negative)
>> spelling: nonprime (not non-prime)
>> spelling: nonzero (not non-zero)
>> spelling: occurring (not occuring)
>> spelling: Pi for 3.141592654... (not pi)
>> spelling: prime(n) (not p(n) or Prime(n), etc.)
>> spelling: recurrence (not recurence)
>> spelling: semiprime (not semi-prime)
>> spelling: sin(x) (not Sin[x])
>> spelling: square-free (not squarefree)
>> spelling: submatrix (not sub-matrix)
>> spelling: tetranacci (not Tetranacci)
>> spelling: tribonacci (not Tribonacci)
>> spelling: zeros (not zeroes)
>>
>>
>>
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