[seqfan] Re: A032355 extension; and comment on b-files

[Neil Sloane]

Brendan, I just added the total number of those graphs,
connected or not - see A241167 - OK?
Thanks for the suggestion!
Neil


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 3:00 AM, Brendan McKay <Brendan.McKay at anu.edu.au>wrote:

> Hi, I checked the b-file that is now present.  Two unrelated comments:
>
> 1.  It would be good to add the number *all* vertex-transitive cubic
> graphs, not necessarily connected.  That follows using one of the standard
> transformations.
>
> 2. I know this comment is too late, but I'm a bit concerned about how
> b-files are presented.
>
> 1. Are they an official part of OEIS?  If so, why are they in the LINKS
>    section looking like external sources? This also makes them harder
>    to find on the page, which is what prompted this comment.
> 2. The way they are presented is misleading.  This example: "Primož
>    Potočnik, Pablo Spiga and Gabriel Verret, Table of n, a(n) for n =
>    2..640".  That is wrong; it is not a work of Potočnik et al..  It is
>    a work of Allan and Neil based on the work of Potočnik et al..  If
>    Allan and Neil made an error in creating the file, Potočnik et al.
>    will get the blame. (Think of an example which needs more processing
>    than mere copying to see why this is not mere nitpicking.) Were
>    Potočnik et al. even asked if they want their name on this new work?
>    What I'm saying is that this violates the usual practices of
>    authorship and attribution.
>
> The cheapest way to fix 2.2 would be to rephrase the link like "Table of
> n, a(n) for n = 2..640, based on Primož Potočnik, Pablo Spiga and Gabriel
> Verret".
>
> Cheers, Brendan.
>
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> I did it. I'm working on the other tables in that web site, but there are
> some problems.
> To be continued.
>
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