[seqfan] Re: Oh, To Offend

[Frank Ruskey]

Personally, I am only offended if you do not add some helpful
comments like "there are 2^{2n-1} obscene numbers with 2n+1 bits when
written in binary", include computer code to generate
them, don't ask for "more", and so on.
Cheers,
Frank



N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
> %N A175262 "Obscene numbers": Those positive integers that when written in binar
> y contain an odd number of digits, the middle digit being a 1. 
> %N A175263 "Prudish numbers": Those positive integers that when written in binary contain an odd number of digits, the middle digit being a 0. 
> 
> 
> Leroy,  I don't object to giving names to sequences
> if they are really clever.  But I'm not sure these
> meet that requirement!  And the definitions seem
> quite artificial.
> 
> 
>  Best regards
>  			 Neil
> 
> 
> 
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