[seqfan] Re: Primes from Indices of Pi and E

[Charles Greathouse]

> I would like to have the discussion more general about what should not be
> included in OEIS.

I think this is a fascinating and difficult question.

The underlying philosophy, in my view, is that sequences are included
to help others who come across them later.  So one essential trait is
that either someone will search for that sequence later, or else the
sequence will be referenced elsewhere in a place which (1) interested
people read, and (2) is sufficiently interesting to those at that
place that some will follow the link to the sequence.  Perhaps a
sequence is sufficiently esoteric that no person will ever search for
it directly, but it has a deep link to another sequence which is
searched for, and is given there in a comment (or at least a
cross-reference).

Another essential trait that follows from this philosophy is that the
sequence should contain information.  It's a real letdown to search in
the OEIS for a sequence only to find it, but have nothing other than
the terms you had already calculated.  Of course for some sequences
just finding the terms is hard, and providing those is perhaps
sufficient.

Any other ideas as to 'first-principles' on inclusion?

On a more practical level, I should mention
https://oeis.org/wiki/User:Alonso_del_Arte/Is_this_sequence_interesting
which contains specific advice on what to include (and, more to the
point, what not to include).  As far as your examples go, A052378
seems fine to me.  Your hypothetical subsequence of A210582 is (I
agree) a bit much.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Veikko Pohjola <veikko at nordem.fi> wrote:
> Dear Seqfans,
>
>
>
> I would like to have the discussion more general about what should not be
> included in OEIS. There are, for instance, numerous sequences in OEIS, which
> are just instances of a given class of sequence, which can reproduce itself
> in infinitely many different ways. The fact that some have been published
> cannot mean that any other instance of the class should. How about
> sub-sequences, should they be excluded and on what basis?
>
>
>
> A couple of examples.
>
>
>
> In A052378 the prime quadruples follow the gap pattern [4,2,4], but there
> are (obviously infinitely many) other gap patterns which produce all the
> sequences, some of which (like those listed as cross references of A078854)
> are in OEIS. I cannot see any publication policy to justify why those now in
> OEIS are there. The general pattern [a,b,c] is known, however, by which the
> class itself is defined and can be exploited to cover all its instances.
>
>
>
> The recent A210582 is the numbers whose first digit is the remainder of
> their division by the last digit. Should the sub-sequence, where "numbers"
> is replaced by "primes" be included. I think it should not.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Veikko
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "T. D. Noe" <noe at sspectra.com>
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:46 PM
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Primes from Indices of Pi and E
>
>
>> My two cents: No.
>>
>> At 3:40 PM -0400 4/23/12, Harvey P. Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>           This sequence gives the indices at which a single digit of
>>> Pi plus a single digit of E sum to a prime: 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,12,14,15,19 .
>>> . .  For example, the 5th digit of Pi is 5, the fifth digit of E is 2,
>>> and 5+2 = 7.  It is easy to generate other similar sequences.  For
>>> example, this sequence gives the indices starting at which the next ten
>>> digits of Pi (read as a number) plus the next ten digits of E (again
>>> read as a number) sum to a prime:
>>> 1,6,22,32,119,123,146,152,189,216,230,255 . . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>           Is any of this worth putting into the OEIS?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>           Best,
>>>
>>>           Harvey
>>>
>>>
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