[seqfan] Re: A058055

T. D. Noe noe at sspectra.com
Sat Aug 11 00:32:23 CEST 2012


See A085099 for the correct version.

Tony

At 6:16 PM -0400 8/10/12, Neil Sloane wrote:
>I agree that the terms don't match the definition.
>
>When this happens, if possible we prefer to change
>the definition to match the terms, rather than the other way round.
>
>So think of it as a puzzle: what does produce the sequence?
>
>My first guess was to require m > n, but as Harvey said,
>that doesn't quite work.  Hmmm.
>
>On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 6:05 PM, <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
>
>> It looks to me like the terms are wrong.
>>
>> The offset is definitely wrong; it should be 1, not 0.
>>
>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harvey P. Dale <hpd1 at nyu.edu>
>>
>>         There's something I don't understand about the above sequence.
>> As I generate terms corresponding to the definition, they are quite
>> different from those shown in the OEIS.  For example (from the example
>> given), 97+2^2 = 101 which is prime, so m could be 2 rather than 2144.
>> And even if we constrain m to be greater than n, 97+102^2 = 10501 which
>> is prime, so m could be 102 rather than 2144.  If someone can clarify
>> this for me, I'll be glad to correct either the definition or the terms
>> of the sequence.
>>         Thanks.
>>         Best,
>>         Harvey
>>
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