[seqfan] Re: A problem of OEIS

[Ron Hardin]

It seems something like "Empirical: also number of angels on the head of n pins" would cover it, "empirical" meaning "just looking at the numbers."


 
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> From: Charles Greathouse <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu> 
>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:18 PM
>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A problem of OEIS
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>It depends. Sometimes it's best to add a comment on an existing sequence,
>especially if the conjecture is sufficiently certain. (We don't have a
>sequence of even perfect numbers for this reason -- it's probably just
>A000396.) But sometimes not-yet-proved-to-be=duplicates may be appropriate.
>What do you have in mind?
>
>Charles Greathouse
>Analyst/Programmer
>Case Western Reserve University
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>On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Vladimir Shevelev <shevelev at bgu.ac.il>wrote:
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>> Dear SeqFans,
>>
>> Suppose you submitted an interesting sequence in topic A, but it's turn
>> out to be known that at least part of your sequence already exists in
>> accetable limits, but in topic B. We can say that the sequences coincide if
>> and only if anyone will get a proof. It is best known that a process of
>> proving sometimes takes years... What to do in such a case? I think that
>> OEIS could accept the "second version" up to the appearance of a proof.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vladimir
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