[seqfan] Re: Submitting a sequence with a similar sequence already in the OEIS

Neil Sloane njasloane at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 20:58:16 CET 2012


Certainly submit it!
Neil

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Charles Greathouse <
charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:

> There was discussion a few days ago about whether to add a sequence
> which was the transformation a(n) ->a(n)^2 + a(n) of an existing
> sequence. Along those lines, I had started a sequence A219863 which is
> a constant equal to 1 - A092553, and I was looking for advice on
> whether I should submit it or scrap it.
>
> There's lovely information available on the constant, and as a bonus
> it first appeared in a chemistry journal (by the eminent Dr. Paul
> Florey) rather than the more usual math or comp. sci. But of course
> once I noticed A092553 I added the information there as well, so in
> any case it does appear in some form in the OEIS.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions in this case?
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
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