[seqfan] Re: OEIS Wiki: Offsets

Joerg Arndt arndt at jjj.de
Mon Apr 13 17:53:57 CEST 2015


I much dislike:
"As a rule of thumb, the offset of a sequence should usually be 1, ..."
We already have enough problems caused zero-phobia in the OEIS.

My personal rule is
"Think long and hard whether a(0) is naturally defined. If yes, add it."

The old text was shorter and clearer as well.

Best regards,  jj


* Felix Fröhlich <felix.froe at googlemail.com> [Apr 13. 2015 17:35]:
> Hello sequence fans
> 
> what do you think of the following change:
> 
> https://oeis.org/w/index.php?title=Offsets&diff=1593046&oldid=1590987
> 
> Is that change okay?
> 
> Also, I am interested in doing some further editing of that page, so if you
> have any suggestions regarding how to make that page better, just let me
> know and I can do the editing.
> 
> Best regards
> Felix
> 
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