From arndt at jjj.de Sun Feb 1 10:22:45 2015
From: arndt at jjj.de (Joerg Arndt)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 10:22:45 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] polyominoes on square lattice by symmetry
Message-ID: <20150201092245.GA5191@jjj.de>
About
P. Leroux, E. Rassart, A. Robitaille,
Enumeration of Symmetry Classes of Convex Polyominoes in the Square Lattice
Advances in Applied Mathematics, vol.21, no.3, pp.343-380, (October-1998).
Could someone check which sequences given on
p.377 are missing in the OEIS?
At least 1,1,2,7,17,50,131,363,924,2380 is missing.
When entering the seqs please spell out the symmetry type
(I cannot do this, that's why am asking on the list).
Best, jj
From info at polprimos.com Sun Feb 1 02:11:01 2015
From: info at polprimos.com (Omar E. Pol)
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 22:11:01 -0300
Subject: [seqfan] A253072.
Message-ID: <20150201011101.M80143@polprimos.com>
Dear Neil,
An observation.
In the sequences A050476 and A253072 we have that:
a(0) = 1
a(1) = 7
a(3) = 95
a(7) = 18447
A253072(2^k-1) = A050476(2^k-1), 0<=k<=m, where m is at least 3.
Best regards.
Omar E. Pol
From arndt at jjj.de Sun Feb 1 11:00:15 2015
From: arndt at jjj.de (Joerg Arndt)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 11:00:15 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] honeycomb polyominoes
Message-ID: <20150201100015.GA5352@jjj.de>
Similar to the message before:
Dominique Gouyou-Beauchamps, Pierre Leroux,
Enumeration of Symmetry Classes of Convex Polyominoes on the Honeycomb Lattice,
Theoretical Computer Science, vol.346, no.2-3, pp.307-334, (November-2005).
p.320:
1
3
11
38
120
348
939
2412
5973
14394
34056
79602
184588
426036
980961
2256420
5189577
11939804
27485271
63308532
145903992
336418179
775996665
1790486717
4132195707
9538127076
22018993552
50835685427
117372288297
271006745255
625758286777
1444911247194
3336422923431
7704147029616
17789770663899
41078790416848
94856243572216
219035659925172
505782887350567
1167921607616731
2696891148564180
6227492958077133
14380140755028117
33205732845460311
76676631829002129
177056959135248647
408849042325490952
944089080678393018
2180032500563641911
5033997137232724122
11624197004721262104
26841881829357335687
And, at end of page:
0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 2, 12, 18, 59, 120, 318, 714, 1743, ...
Also p.322: 1, 1, 3, 6, 15, 38, 91, 222, 528, 1250, ...
Also several seqs on p.333
Best, jj
From njasloane at gmail.com Sun Feb 1 19:35:37 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 13:35:37 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A253072.
In-Reply-To: <20150201011101.M80143@polprimos.com>
References: <20150201011101.M80143@polprimos.com>
Message-ID:
Interesting comment! Of course it might be a coincidence. Still, I added
it to A253072.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Omar E. Pol wrote:
> Dear Neil,
>
> An observation.
> In the sequences A050476 and A253072 we have that:
>
> a(0) = 1
> a(1) = 7
> a(3) = 95
> a(7) = 18447
>
> A253072(2^k-1) = A050476(2^k-1), 0<=k<=m, where m is at least 3.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Omar E. Pol
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From arndt at jjj.de Mon Feb 2 19:18:21 2015
From: arndt at jjj.de (Joerg Arndt)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 19:18:21 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] Re: polyominoes on square lattice by symmetry
In-Reply-To: <20150201092245.GA5191@jjj.de>
References: <20150201092245.GA5191@jjj.de>
Message-ID: <20150202181821.GA6579@jjj.de>
Will do all of this (incl. other message) myself,
but may well be in several weeks from now.
Best regards, jj
* Joerg Arndt [Feb 01. 2015 12:03]:
> About
> P. Leroux, E. Rassart, A. Robitaille,
>
> Enumeration of Symmetry Classes of Convex Polyominoes in the Square Lattice
> Advances in Applied Mathematics, vol.21, no.3, pp.343-380, (October-1998).
>
> Could someone check which sequences given on
> p.377 are missing in the OEIS?
>
> At least 1,1,2,7,17,50,131,363,924,2380 is missing.
>
> When entering the seqs please spell out the symmetry type
> (I cannot do this, that's why am asking on the list).
>
> Best, jj
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From penson at lptl.jussieu.fr Tue Feb 3 00:24:08 2015
From: penson at lptl.jussieu.fr (Karol)
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:24:08 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
Message-ID: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
Thanking in advance,
Karol A. Penson
From maxale at gmail.com Tue Feb 3 00:52:29 2015
From: maxale at gmail.com (Max Alekseyev)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:52:29 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
In-Reply-To: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
References: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID:
Hi Karol,
There is a formula
A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n A097610(n,k)*4^k,
which expands (with substitution k -> n-2k) into:
A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^{[n/2]} binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2k,k) /
(k+1) * 4^(n-2k)
PARI/GP code:
{ A005572(n) = sum(k=0,n\2, binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2*k,k) / (k+1)
* 4^(n-2*k) ) }
Regards,
Max
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Karol wrote:
> Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
>
> Thanking in advance,
>
> Karol A. Penson
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From israel at math.ubc.ca Tue Feb 3 02:46:31 2015
From: israel at math.ubc.ca (israel at math.ubc.ca)
Date: 02 Feb 2015 17:46:31 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
In-Reply-To:
References: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID:
And, according to Maple, these sums can be written as a hypergeometric
function:
A005572(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-n/2, (1-n)/2], [2], 1/4)
Cheers,
Robert
On Feb 2 2015, Max Alekseyev wrote:
>Hi Karol,
>
>There is a formula
>
>A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n A097610(n,k)*4^k,
>
>which expands (with substitution k -> n-2k) into:
>
>A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^{[n/2]} binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2k,k) /
>(k+1) * 4^(n-2k)
>
>PARI/GP code:
>
>{ A005572(n) = sum(k=0,n\2, binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2*k,k) / (k+1)
>* 4^(n-2*k) ) }
>
>Regards,
>Max
>
>
>
>On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Karol wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
>>
>> Thanking in advance,
>>
>> Karol A. Penson
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
From pauldhanna at juno.com Tue Feb 3 03:15:29 2015
From: pauldhanna at juno.com (Paul D Hanna)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 02:15:29 GMT
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
Message-ID: <20150202.211529.23111.0@webmail03.dca.untd.com>
Also,
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * 2^(n-k) * binomial(2*k+2, k)/(k+1).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * 2^(n-k) * A000108(k+1).
This can be derived from the relation
a(n) = [x^n] (1+4*x+x^2)^(n+1) / (n+1)
which is due to
G.f.: (1/x) * Series_Reversion( x/(1+4*x+x^2) ).
However, the formula from Max seems to be more efficient.
Paul
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Max Alekseyev
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Cc: Karol
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:52:29 -0500
Hi Karol,
There is a formula
A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n A097610(n,k)*4^k,
which expands (with substitution k -> n-2k) into:
A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^{[n/2]} binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2k,k) /
(k+1) * 4^(n-2k)
PARI/GP code:
{ A005572(n) = sum(k=0,n\2, binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2*k,k) / (k+1)
* 4^(n-2*k) ) }
Regards,
Max
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Karol wrote:
> Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
>
> Thanking in advance,
>
> Karol A. Penson
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
_______________________________________________
Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From hv at crypt.org Tue Feb 3 18:34:58 2015
From: hv at crypt.org (hv at crypt.org)
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:34:58 +0000
Subject: [seqfan] A113917 and A113918: zero-free squaring
Message-ID: <201502031734.t13HYwP09486@crypt.org>
Back in Jan 2006, David Wilson introduced this question:
For a number n, let f(n) be the set of numbers gotten by splitting n^2 at
the 0 digits. For example
29648^2 = 879003904
so f(29648) = { 4, 39, 879 }
Let S be the smallest set of numbers containing 2 and fixed by f. What is
the largest element of S?
.. which eventually gave A113917 (largest element) and A113918 (cardinality
of the set).
I did say at the time "I don't have full confidence in the results", but
when trying to clean up my 2006 code recently, as part of a long-running
project to push all my maths code to Github, I found several bugs which
meant some of the results were wrong. Sorry about that.
I've fixed those and further improved the code, available under 'zerofree'
in , and will go update the sequences on
the assumption that my new code is correct. I'd still appreciate it if
someone could confirm some or all of the values though.
I estimate the cardinality for A113918(9) is between 10^10 and 10^13,
which I can't calculate with my current approach (but I have another
approach in mind that might reach it). Given the rate of growth, I think
n=10 (ie the original question) is likely to be beyond my means.
With the new code it's easy to change the calculation, and replacing
s -> s^2 with s -> 2s gives a new pair of sequences that grows slow enough
it's easy to calculate more terms; I'm not sure if they're also worth
adding to OEIS, or if there are different calculations that would also be
of interest.
Hugo
---
With calculation s -> s^2: "n: card(n) max(n)"
2: 2 2
3: 18 1849
4: 2 2
5: 3050 266423227914725931
6: 34762 3100840870711697060720215047
7: 3087549 845486430620513036335402848567278325780455810752216401
8: 2 4
With calculation s -> 2s: "n: card(n) max(n)"
2: 2 2
3: 6 16
4: 2 2
5: 20 192
6: 13 128
7: 72 32768
8: 3 4
9: 92 69632
10: 42 23552
11: 308 25722880
12: 34 425984
13: 900 717895680
14: 178 1051828224
15: 1739 217079873536
16: 4 8
17: 3349 2270641389568
18: 443 10603200512
19: 4523 156423849771008
20: 387 950175531008
21: 14364 25160124578398208
22: 1827 385584983965696
23: 18672 450589122059304960
24: 234 40722497536
25: 39426 53279734579488838656
26: 15882 127148822502119047168
27: 52664 299326717942059499520
28: 8858 43157851113903387312128
29: 128253 13526981441472537034752
30: 28346 449522648486053412864
31: 123087 371244129204723018366976
32: 5 16
33: 259207 23655711299608586448011264
34: 87797 103182870656711001112576
35: 363512 39823687474383259120435200
36: 44545 63973308447624725004288
37: 671389 313519863989706816307303809024
38: 182549 45225850656203876163438682112
39: 1336282 31933986316064959928909955072
40: 18049 6034750858947540643601186816
41: 1289210 4145806855637690163777954119680
42: 634402 143410752413726318705389116325888
43: 2679419 251570201273324198920857495653056512
44: 156629 9442738596003761319219036160
45: 3428818 288049927140258932406824739012608
46: 987498 20384387023837630566380055072075677696
47: 5876576 16579286652350303184601394767032483840
48: 13308 152556272234873601963528260943872
49: 8122478 463424116819682991065891465214793542008832
50: 3118809 63039435236897106221986787164071919616
51: 14743535 247126135557931098912701316497011638272
52: 796352 1083181655178944127338714024967634157568
53: 15921180 71286088956163866149580753955553592475648
54: 4952057 2150676694930424720837752491965232971776
55: 29170111 507477067298501219491044453334717130866688
56: 403964 1746977513106742264740052226757623808
57: 48839762 27320774362755367988623371083844092646391808
58: 11997500 6094365163190490383475585992644805477269504
59: 71116907 9188495794580645540482153719631435565136609280
60: 2675259 14463684581762047084433709884282673037312
61: 122451245 9107655699502841924691980127153411750800769679360
62: 17820844 199082515611433949561498862265902993781030912
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 01:33:51 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:33:51 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A113917 and A113918: zero-free squaring
In-Reply-To: <201502031734.t13HYwP09486@crypt.org>
References: <201502031734.t13HYwP09486@crypt.org>
Message-ID:
Hans, certainly those two sequences are worth adding
to the OEIS! Please do so!
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:34 PM, wrote:
> Back in Jan 2006, David Wilson introduced this question:
>
> For a number n, let f(n) be the set of numbers gotten by splitting n^2 at
> the 0 digits. For example
>
> 29648^2 = 879003904
>
> so f(29648) = { 4, 39, 879 }
>
> Let S be the smallest set of numbers containing 2 and fixed by f. What
> is
> the largest element of S?
>
> .. which eventually gave A113917 (largest element) and A113918 (cardinality
> of the set).
>
> I did say at the time "I don't have full confidence in the results", but
> when trying to clean up my 2006 code recently, as part of a long-running
> project to push all my maths code to Github, I found several bugs which
> meant some of the results were wrong. Sorry about that.
>
> I've fixed those and further improved the code, available under 'zerofree'
> in , and will go update the sequences on
> the assumption that my new code is correct. I'd still appreciate it if
> someone could confirm some or all of the values though.
>
> I estimate the cardinality for A113918(9) is between 10^10 and 10^13,
> which I can't calculate with my current approach (but I have another
> approach in mind that might reach it). Given the rate of growth, I think
> n=10 (ie the original question) is likely to be beyond my means.
>
> With the new code it's easy to change the calculation, and replacing
> s -> s^2 with s -> 2s gives a new pair of sequences that grows slow enough
> it's easy to calculate more terms; I'm not sure if they're also worth
> adding to OEIS, or if there are different calculations that would also be
> of interest.
>
> Hugo
> ---
> With calculation s -> s^2: "n: card(n) max(n)"
> 2: 2 2
> 3: 18 1849
> 4: 2 2
> 5: 3050 266423227914725931
> 6: 34762 3100840870711697060720215047
> 7: 3087549 845486430620513036335402848567278325780455810752216401
> 8: 2 4
>
> With calculation s -> 2s: "n: card(n) max(n)"
> 2: 2 2
> 3: 6 16
> 4: 2 2
> 5: 20 192
> 6: 13 128
> 7: 72 32768
> 8: 3 4
> 9: 92 69632
> 10: 42 23552
> 11: 308 25722880
> 12: 34 425984
> 13: 900 717895680
> 14: 178 1051828224
> 15: 1739 217079873536
> 16: 4 8
> 17: 3349 2270641389568
> 18: 443 10603200512
> 19: 4523 156423849771008
> 20: 387 950175531008
> 21: 14364 25160124578398208
> 22: 1827 385584983965696
> 23: 18672 450589122059304960
> 24: 234 40722497536
> 25: 39426 53279734579488838656
> 26: 15882 127148822502119047168
> 27: 52664 299326717942059499520
> 28: 8858 43157851113903387312128
> 29: 128253 13526981441472537034752
> 30: 28346 449522648486053412864
> 31: 123087 371244129204723018366976
> 32: 5 16
> 33: 259207 23655711299608586448011264
> 34: 87797 103182870656711001112576
> 35: 363512 39823687474383259120435200
> 36: 44545 63973308447624725004288
> 37: 671389 313519863989706816307303809024
> 38: 182549 45225850656203876163438682112
> 39: 1336282 31933986316064959928909955072
> 40: 18049 6034750858947540643601186816
> 41: 1289210 4145806855637690163777954119680
> 42: 634402 143410752413726318705389116325888
> 43: 2679419 251570201273324198920857495653056512
> 44: 156629 9442738596003761319219036160
> 45: 3428818 288049927140258932406824739012608
> 46: 987498 20384387023837630566380055072075677696
> 47: 5876576 16579286652350303184601394767032483840
> 48: 13308 152556272234873601963528260943872
> 49: 8122478 463424116819682991065891465214793542008832
> 50: 3118809 63039435236897106221986787164071919616
> 51: 14743535 247126135557931098912701316497011638272
> 52: 796352 1083181655178944127338714024967634157568
> 53: 15921180 71286088956163866149580753955553592475648
> 54: 4952057 2150676694930424720837752491965232971776
> 55: 29170111 507477067298501219491044453334717130866688
> 56: 403964 1746977513106742264740052226757623808
> 57: 48839762 27320774362755367988623371083844092646391808
> 58: 11997500 6094365163190490383475585992644805477269504
> 59: 71116907 9188495794580645540482153719631435565136609280
> 60: 2675259 14463684581762047084433709884282673037312
> 61: 122451245 9107655699502841924691980127153411750800769679360
> 62: 17820844 199082515611433949561498862265902993781030912
>
>
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>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 01:36:17 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:36:17 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A113917 and A113918: zero-free squaring
In-Reply-To:
References: <201502031734.t13HYwP09486@crypt.org>
Message-ID:
Hugo, Is what I meant to say...
Hugo, certainly those two sequences are worth adding
to the OEIS! Please do so!
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Neil Sloane wrote:
> Hans, certainly those two sequences are worth adding
> to the OEIS! Please do so!
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:34 PM, wrote:
>
>> Back in Jan 2006, David Wilson introduced this question:
>>
>> For a number n, let f(n) be the set of numbers gotten by splitting n^2
>> at
>> the 0 digits. For example
>>
>> 29648^2 = 879003904
>>
>> so f(29648) = { 4, 39, 879 }
>>
>> Let S be the smallest set of numbers containing 2 and fixed by f. What
>> is
>> the largest element of S?
>>
>> .. which eventually gave A113917 (largest element) and A113918
>> (cardinality
>> of the set).
>>
>> I did say at the time "I don't have full confidence in the results", but
>> when trying to clean up my 2006 code recently, as part of a long-running
>> project to push all my maths code to Github, I found several bugs which
>> meant some of the results were wrong. Sorry about that.
>>
>> I've fixed those and further improved the code, available under 'zerofree'
>> in , and will go update the sequences on
>> the assumption that my new code is correct. I'd still appreciate it if
>> someone could confirm some or all of the values though.
>>
>> I estimate the cardinality for A113918(9) is between 10^10 and 10^13,
>> which I can't calculate with my current approach (but I have another
>> approach in mind that might reach it). Given the rate of growth, I think
>> n=10 (ie the original question) is likely to be beyond my means.
>>
>> With the new code it's easy to change the calculation, and replacing
>> s -> s^2 with s -> 2s gives a new pair of sequences that grows slow enough
>> it's easy to calculate more terms; I'm not sure if they're also worth
>> adding to OEIS, or if there are different calculations that would also be
>> of interest.
>>
>> Hugo
>> ---
>> With calculation s -> s^2: "n: card(n) max(n)"
>> 2: 2 2
>> 3: 18 1849
>> 4: 2 2
>> 5: 3050 266423227914725931
>> 6: 34762 3100840870711697060720215047
>> 7: 3087549 845486430620513036335402848567278325780455810752216401
>> 8: 2 4
>>
>> With calculation s -> 2s: "n: card(n) max(n)"
>> 2: 2 2
>> 3: 6 16
>> 4: 2 2
>> 5: 20 192
>> 6: 13 128
>> 7: 72 32768
>> 8: 3 4
>> 9: 92 69632
>> 10: 42 23552
>> 11: 308 25722880
>> 12: 34 425984
>> 13: 900 717895680
>> 14: 178 1051828224
>> 15: 1739 217079873536
>> 16: 4 8
>> 17: 3349 2270641389568
>> 18: 443 10603200512
>> 19: 4523 156423849771008
>> 20: 387 950175531008
>> 21: 14364 25160124578398208
>> 22: 1827 385584983965696
>> 23: 18672 450589122059304960
>> 24: 234 40722497536
>> 25: 39426 53279734579488838656
>> 26: 15882 127148822502119047168
>> 27: 52664 299326717942059499520
>> 28: 8858 43157851113903387312128
>> 29: 128253 13526981441472537034752
>> 30: 28346 449522648486053412864
>> 31: 123087 371244129204723018366976
>> 32: 5 16
>> 33: 259207 23655711299608586448011264
>> 34: 87797 103182870656711001112576
>> 35: 363512 39823687474383259120435200
>> 36: 44545 63973308447624725004288
>> 37: 671389 313519863989706816307303809024
>> 38: 182549 45225850656203876163438682112
>> 39: 1336282 31933986316064959928909955072
>> 40: 18049 6034750858947540643601186816
>> 41: 1289210 4145806855637690163777954119680
>> 42: 634402 143410752413726318705389116325888
>> 43: 2679419 251570201273324198920857495653056512
>> 44: 156629 9442738596003761319219036160
>> 45: 3428818 288049927140258932406824739012608
>> 46: 987498 20384387023837630566380055072075677696
>> 47: 5876576 16579286652350303184601394767032483840
>> 48: 13308 152556272234873601963528260943872
>> 49: 8122478 463424116819682991065891465214793542008832
>> 50: 3118809 63039435236897106221986787164071919616
>> 51: 14743535 247126135557931098912701316497011638272
>> 52: 796352 1083181655178944127338714024967634157568
>> 53: 15921180 71286088956163866149580753955553592475648
>> 54: 4952057 2150676694930424720837752491965232971776
>> 55: 29170111 507477067298501219491044453334717130866688
>> 56: 403964 1746977513106742264740052226757623808
>> 57: 48839762 27320774362755367988623371083844092646391808
>> 58: 11997500 6094365163190490383475585992644805477269504
>> 59: 71116907 9188495794580645540482153719631435565136609280
>> 60: 2675259 14463684581762047084433709884282673037312
>> 61: 122451245 9107655699502841924691980127153411750800769679360
>> 62: 17820844 199082515611433949561498862265902993781030912
>>
>>
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From hv at crypt.org Wed Feb 4 02:52:19 2015
From: hv at crypt.org (hv at crypt.org)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:52:19 +0000
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A113917 and A113918: zero-free squaring
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <201502040152.t141qJP10329@crypt.org>
Now proposed as A254637, A254638.
(Given it's otherwise the same code as discussed below for A113917/8, maybe
this would be a better example for someone else to confirm.)
Hugo
Neil Sloane wrote:
:Hugo, Is what I meant to say...
:
:Hugo, certainly those two sequences are worth adding
:to the OEIS! Please do so!
:
:Best regards
:Neil
:
:Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
:11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
:Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
:Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
:Email: njasloane at gmail.com
:
:
:On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Neil Sloane wrote:
:
:> Hans, certainly those two sequences are worth adding
:> to the OEIS! Please do so!
:>
:> Best regards
:> Neil
:>
:> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
:> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
:> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
:> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
:> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
:>
:>
:> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:34 PM, wrote:
:>
:>> Back in Jan 2006, David Wilson introduced this question:
:>>
:>> For a number n, let f(n) be the set of numbers gotten by splitting n^2
:>> at
:>> the 0 digits. For example
:>>
:>> 29648^2 = 879003904
:>>
:>> so f(29648) = { 4, 39, 879 }
:>>
:>> Let S be the smallest set of numbers containing 2 and fixed by f. What
:>> is
:>> the largest element of S?
:>>
:>> .. which eventually gave A113917 (largest element) and A113918
:>> (cardinality
:>> of the set).
:>>
:>> I did say at the time "I don't have full confidence in the results", but
:>> when trying to clean up my 2006 code recently, as part of a long-running
:>> project to push all my maths code to Github, I found several bugs which
:>> meant some of the results were wrong. Sorry about that.
:>>
:>> I've fixed those and further improved the code, available under 'zerofree'
:>> in , and will go update the sequences on
:>> the assumption that my new code is correct. I'd still appreciate it if
:>> someone could confirm some or all of the values though.
:>>
:>> I estimate the cardinality for A113918(9) is between 10^10 and 10^13,
:>> which I can't calculate with my current approach (but I have another
:>> approach in mind that might reach it). Given the rate of growth, I think
:>> n=10 (ie the original question) is likely to be beyond my means.
:>>
:>> With the new code it's easy to change the calculation, and replacing
:>> s -> s^2 with s -> 2s gives a new pair of sequences that grows slow enough
:>> it's easy to calculate more terms; I'm not sure if they're also worth
:>> adding to OEIS, or if there are different calculations that would also be
:>> of interest.
:>>
:>> Hugo
:>> ---
:>> With calculation s -> s^2: "n: card(n) max(n)"
:>> 2: 2 2
:>> 3: 18 1849
:>> 4: 2 2
:>> 5: 3050 266423227914725931
:>> 6: 34762 3100840870711697060720215047
:>> 7: 3087549 845486430620513036335402848567278325780455810752216401
:>> 8: 2 4
:>>
:>> With calculation s -> 2s: "n: card(n) max(n)"
:>> 2: 2 2
:>> 3: 6 16
:>> 4: 2 2
:>> 5: 20 192
:>> 6: 13 128
:>> 7: 72 32768
:>> 8: 3 4
:>> 9: 92 69632
:>> 10: 42 23552
:>> 11: 308 25722880
:>> 12: 34 425984
:>> 13: 900 717895680
:>> 14: 178 1051828224
:>> 15: 1739 217079873536
:>> 16: 4 8
:>> 17: 3349 2270641389568
:>> 18: 443 10603200512
:>> 19: 4523 156423849771008
:>> 20: 387 950175531008
:>> 21: 14364 25160124578398208
:>> 22: 1827 385584983965696
:>> 23: 18672 450589122059304960
:>> 24: 234 40722497536
:>> 25: 39426 53279734579488838656
:>> 26: 15882 127148822502119047168
:>> 27: 52664 299326717942059499520
:>> 28: 8858 43157851113903387312128
:>> 29: 128253 13526981441472537034752
:>> 30: 28346 449522648486053412864
:>> 31: 123087 371244129204723018366976
:>> 32: 5 16
:>> 33: 259207 23655711299608586448011264
:>> 34: 87797 103182870656711001112576
:>> 35: 363512 39823687474383259120435200
:>> 36: 44545 63973308447624725004288
:>> 37: 671389 313519863989706816307303809024
:>> 38: 182549 45225850656203876163438682112
:>> 39: 1336282 31933986316064959928909955072
:>> 40: 18049 6034750858947540643601186816
:>> 41: 1289210 4145806855637690163777954119680
:>> 42: 634402 143410752413726318705389116325888
:>> 43: 2679419 251570201273324198920857495653056512
:>> 44: 156629 9442738596003761319219036160
:>> 45: 3428818 288049927140258932406824739012608
:>> 46: 987498 20384387023837630566380055072075677696
:>> 47: 5876576 16579286652350303184601394767032483840
:>> 48: 13308 152556272234873601963528260943872
:>> 49: 8122478 463424116819682991065891465214793542008832
:>> 50: 3118809 63039435236897106221986787164071919616
:>> 51: 14743535 247126135557931098912701316497011638272
:>> 52: 796352 1083181655178944127338714024967634157568
:>> 53: 15921180 71286088956163866149580753955553592475648
:>> 54: 4952057 2150676694930424720837752491965232971776
:>> 55: 29170111 507477067298501219491044453334717130866688
:>> 56: 403964 1746977513106742264740052226757623808
:>> 57: 48839762 27320774362755367988623371083844092646391808
:>> 58: 11997500 6094365163190490383475585992644805477269504
:>> 59: 71116907 9188495794580645540482153719631435565136609280
:>> 60: 2675259 14463684581762047084433709884282673037312
:>> 61: 122451245 9107655699502841924691980127153411750800769679360
:>> 62: 17820844 199082515611433949561498862265902993781030912
:>>
:>>
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:>>
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From maxale at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 03:06:14 2015
From: maxale at gmail.com (Max Alekseyev)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:06:14 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] self-referential forms
Message-ID:
SeqFans,
I've recently tried to formalize and give some counts for the question
on self-referential forms at MathOverflow:
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/194905/compiling-self-referential-forms
In particular, I computed two sequences there, which may be considered
for addition to the OIES.
I'm however not sure if they are motivated enough and not too special
for the general interest. So I'd like to know your opinion in this
respect.
Regards,
Max
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 04:03:31 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:03:31 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: self-referential forms
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Max, Those sequences have 3 things going for them
- they were created by one of the best contributors
to the OEIS (you), they are on the web, and at least one
other person on math overflow is interested in them.
So, yes, definitely submit them
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Max Alekseyev wrote:
> SeqFans,
>
> I've recently tried to formalize and give some counts for the question
> on self-referential forms at MathOverflow:
> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/194905/compiling-self-referential-forms
> In particular, I computed two sequences there, which may be considered
> for addition to the OIES.
> I'm however not sure if they are motivated enough and not too special
> for the general interest. So I'd like to know your opinion in this
> respect.
>
> Regards,
> Max
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From ixitol at gmail.com Wed Feb 4 06:33:57 2015
From: ixitol at gmail.com (Russell Walsmith)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:33:57 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] A sequence of sequence-generating matrices
Message-ID:
Exploring different numerical sequences* generated by a certain 3 x 3
matrix, I found it to be part of an n x n family with a similar, though
increasingly complex, form. I've discovered six entries in this sequence of
matrices so far... does anyone see where it goes from here...?
http://ixitol.com/MatrixSequence
* (e.g., A249578 , A249579
, A249580 ...)
From penson at lptmc.jussieu.fr Wed Feb 4 20:01:38 2015
From: penson at lptmc.jussieu.fr (Karol A. Penson)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:01:38 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
In-Reply-To:
References: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <54D26C92.9040708@lptmc.jussieu.fr>
Re: A005572
I thank Max Alekseyev, Robert Israel and Paul Hanna for important remarks.
Robert's compact form can be further transformed using formula
8.3.2.135, ch.8, p.666
of Yury A. Brychkov, "Handbook of Special Functions, Derivatives,
Integrals, Series and Other Formulas",
(CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2008),
and the following relation obtains using the classical Gegenbauer
polynomials, in Maple notation:
A005572(n)=2*(12^(n/2))*(n!/(n+2)!)*GegenbauerC(n, 3/2, 2/sqrt(3)),
n=0,1... .
Robert, would you like to enter your formula; I will then enter my
Gegenbauer version.
Best,
Karol A. Penson
Le 03/02/2015 02:46, israel at math.ubc.ca a ?crit :
> And, according to Maple, these sums can be written as a hypergeometric
> function:
>
> A005572(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-n/2, (1-n)/2], [2], 1/4)
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>
> On Feb 2 2015, Max Alekseyev wrote:
>
>> Hi Karol,
>>
>> There is a formula
>>
>> A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n A097610(n,k)*4^k,
>>
>> which expands (with substitution k -> n-2k) into:
>>
>> A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^{[n/2]} binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2k,k) /
>> (k+1) * 4^(n-2k)
>>
>> PARI/GP code:
>>
>> { A005572(n) = sum(k=0,n\2, binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2*k,k) / (k+1)
>> * 4^(n-2*k) ) }
>>
>> Regards,
>> Max
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Karol wrote:
>>> Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
>>>
>>> Thanking in advance,
>>>
>>> Karol A. Penson
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>
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From israel at math.ubc.ca Wed Feb 4 22:40:06 2015
From: israel at math.ubc.ca (israel at math.ubc.ca)
Date: 04 Feb 2015 13:40:06 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question on A005572 from K. A. Penson
In-Reply-To: <54D26C92.9040708@lptmc.jussieu.fr>
References: <54D00718.50007@lptl.jussieu.fr>
<54D26C92.9040708@lptmc.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID:
Done. I note that Peter Luschny has also entered a different
hypergeometric form. I don't know how that one was derived.
Cheers,
Robert
On Feb 4 2015, Karol A. Penson wrote:
> Re: A005572
>
>I thank Max Alekseyev, Robert Israel and Paul Hanna for important remarks.
>Robert's compact form can be further transformed using formula
>8.3.2.135, ch.8, p.666
> of Yury A. Brychkov, "Handbook of Special Functions, Derivatives,
>Integrals, Series and Other Formulas",
>(CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2008),
>and the following relation obtains using the classical Gegenbauer
>polynomials, in Maple notation:
>
> A005572(n)=2*(12^(n/2))*(n!/(n+2)!)*GegenbauerC(n, 3/2, 2/sqrt(3)),
>n=0,1... .
>
>Robert, would you like to enter your formula; I will then enter my
>Gegenbauer version.
>
>Best,
>
>
>Karol A. Penson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Le 03/02/2015 02:46, israel at math.ubc.ca a ?crit :
>> And, according to Maple, these sums can be written as a hypergeometric
>> function:
>>
>> A005572(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-n/2, (1-n)/2], [2], 1/4)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Robert
>>
>> On Feb 2 2015, Max Alekseyev wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Karol,
>>>
>>> There is a formula
>>>
>>> A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^n A097610(n,k)*4^k,
>>>
>>> which expands (with substitution k -> n-2k) into:
>>>
>>> A005572(n) = \sum_{k=0}^{[n/2]} binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2k,k) /
>>> (k+1) * 4^(n-2k)
>>>
>>> PARI/GP code:
>>>
>>> { A005572(n) = sum(k=0,n\2, binomial(n,2*k) * binomial(2*k,k) / (k+1)
>>> * 4^(n-2*k) ) }
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Max
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Karol wrote:
>>>> Does anybody know how to obtain the close form of A005572(n) ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanking in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Karol A. Penson
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
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>
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>
>
From mathar at mpia-hd.mpg.de Thu Feb 5 20:08:28 2015
From: mathar at mpia-hd.mpg.de (Richard J. Mathar)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 20:08:28 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] g.f. in A157143
Message-ID: <20150205190828.GA14851@mathar.mpia-hd.mpg.de>
Is the generating function in A157143 correct?
The Maple lines
cx := (1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x) ;
gx := subs(x=(x/(1+x^2+x^3))^2,cx)*(1-x)/(1+x^2+x^3) ;
series(%,x=0,50) ;
gfun[seriestolist](%) ;
based on the A000108 g.f. generate
1, -1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 2, -2, 4, -5, 8, -13, 18, -32, 46, -77, 123, -192, 325,..
and the
mx := (1-x-sqrt(1-2*x-3*x^2))/(2*x^2) ;
gx := subs(x=(x/(1+x^2+x^3))^2,mx)*(1-x)/(1+x^2+x^3) ;
series(%,x=0,50) ;
gfun[seriestolist](%) ;
based on the A000106 (assuming a typo in the formula) g.f. gives
1, -1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 6, 0, -3, -20, 10, 20, 20, -84, -3, 135, 228
and both don't match.
From rselcoe at entouchonline.net Sat Feb 7 22:01:47 2015
From: rselcoe at entouchonline.net (Bob Selcoe)
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 15:01:47 -0600
Subject: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
In-Reply-To: <8D1F9DFE915F766-83C-DC319@webmail-va113.sysops.aol.com>
References: <9822A525B8DE44D79AD6E4E13405CEB9@OwnerPC>
<54AEBE97.9020305@brennen.net> <88684506471F4A2FA027EEC93A2D771E@OwnerPC>
<8D1F9DFE915F766-83C-DC319@webmail-va113.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID:
Hello Seqfans,
The sequence A250000 (maximum number of peacefully coexisting equal-sized
"armies" of queens on chess boards of varying n X n sizes) poses some
fascinating problems.
The length of the sequence is small; only up to a(13) = 24.
The "known" lower bound for a solution is a(n) = 9/64*n^2. There is a link
to a paper by Prestwich and Beck referenced in the sequence which expands on
this idea. I can't follow the paper, but it apparently provides an upper
bound, as well.
For all n = 4m+1 m>=0, I can show a pattern of quasi-symmetric queen
placement such that a(n) = 2m(m+1). For m = {0..3}, this is indeed the
maximum number of queens possible. For m>=4, these solutions are < the
known lower bound of (9/64)*n^2.
I have proposed for A250000 examples of solutions using this queen pattern
for n=9 and n=13. Please refer to the sequence history to see the pattern.
Since the pattern yields 40 for n=17, and a(17)=42 is the known lower bound,
it (apparently) does not provide a solution for a(17).
Can anyone show an actual example of a 17 X 17 chessboard where the number
of queens > 40, even if it can't be proven to be a solution (maximum number
of queens) for a(17)?
Best Wishes,
Bob Selcoe
From Rob.Pratt at sas.com Sat Feb 7 23:17:51 2015
From: Rob.Pratt at sas.com (Rob Pratt)
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 22:17:51 +0000
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question re: A250000
In-Reply-To:
References: <9822A525B8DE44D79AD6E4E13405CEB9@OwnerPC>
<54AEBE97.9020305@brennen.net> <88684506471F4A2FA027EEC93A2D771E@OwnerPC>
<8D1F9DFE915F766-83C-DC319@webmail-va113.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID:
Here's a 17x17 solution with 42 queens of each color:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
1
W
W
W
W
W
2
W
W
W
W
W
3
W
W
W
W
W
W
4
W
W
W
W
W
W
5
W
W
W
W
W
W
6
W
W
W
W
W
7
W
W
W
W
8
W
W
W
9
W
W
10
B
B
11
B
B
B
12
B
B
B
B
13
B
B
B
B
B
14
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
15
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
16
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
17
B
B
B
B
B
B
-----Original Message-----
From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Bob Selcoe
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 4:02 PM
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Subject: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
Hello Seqfans,
The sequence A250000 (maximum number of peacefully coexisting equal-sized "armies" of queens on chess boards of varying n X n sizes) poses some fascinating problems.
The length of the sequence is small; only up to a(13) = 24.
The "known" lower bound for a solution is a(n) = 9/64*n^2. There is a link to a paper by Prestwich and Beck referenced in the sequence which expands on this idea. I can't follow the paper, but it apparently provides an upper bound, as well.
For all n = 4m+1 m>=0, I can show a pattern of quasi-symmetric queen placement such that a(n) = 2m(m+1). For m = {0..3}, this is indeed the maximum number of queens possible. For m>=4, these solutions are < the known lower bound of (9/64)*n^2.
I have proposed for A250000 examples of solutions using this queen pattern for n=9 and n=13. Please refer to the sequence history to see the pattern.
Since the pattern yields 40 for n=17, and a(17)=42 is the known lower bound, it (apparently) does not provide a solution for a(17).
Can anyone show an actual example of a 17 X 17 chessboard where the number of queens > 40, even if it can't be proven to be a solution (maximum number of queens) for a(17)?
Best Wishes,
Bob Selcoe
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From Eric.Angelini at kntv.be Sat Feb 7 23:23:29 2015
From: Eric.Angelini at kntv.be (Eric Angelini)
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 23:23:29 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] Absolute diff and sums not to be shared
Message-ID: <8B00BFBA136BAB43AD27F9EDC3758F03B571C46625@KNTVSRV01.kntv.local>
Hello SeqFans,
We want S to be a permutation of the integers >0;
We want S to be the lexicographically first seq of its kind (see below);
If we take two adjacent integers of S, say p & q, we want that:
-> no other pair of adjacent integers in S shares the abs. diff. |p-q|
-> no other pair of adjacent integers in S shares the sum (p+q)
-> no |p-q|=(p'+q') with p'and q' being two other adjacent integers in S.
So S is extended with the smallest integer n such that neither |(n-1)-n|
nor [(n-1)+n] has occurred before as a sum or as a diff. of two adjacent
integers in S.
Sum 3 6 12 11 13 28 27 32 29 22
S(n)= 1 2 4 8 3 10 18 9 23 6 16 ...
Dif 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 14 17 10
Hope this is not old hat,
Best,
?.
From reinhard.zumkeller at gmail.com Sun Feb 8 00:49:11 2015
From: reinhard.zumkeller at gmail.com (Reinhard Zumkeller)
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 00:49:11 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Absolute diff and sums not to be shared
In-Reply-To: <8B00BFBA136BAB43AD27F9EDC3758F03B571C46625@KNTVSRV01.kntv.local>
References: <8B00BFBA136BAB43AD27F9EDC3758F03B571C46625@KNTVSRV01.kntv.local>
Message-ID:
see https://oeis.org/draft/A254788
Best, Reinhard
2015-02-07 23:23 GMT+01:00 Eric Angelini :
> Hello SeqFans,
> We want S to be a permutation of the integers >0;
> We want S to be the lexicographically first seq of its kind (see below);
> If we take two adjacent integers of S, say p & q, we want that:
> -> no other pair of adjacent integers in S shares the abs. diff. |p-q|
> -> no other pair of adjacent integers in S shares the sum (p+q)
> -> no |p-q|=(p'+q') with p'and q' being two other adjacent integers in S.
>
> So S is extended with the smallest integer n such that neither |(n-1)-n|
> nor [(n-1)+n] has occurred before as a sum or as a diff. of two adjacent
> integers in S.
>
> Sum 3 6 12 11 13 28 27 32 29 22
> S(n)= 1 2 4 8 3 10 18 9 23 6 16 ...
> Dif 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 14 17 10
>
> Hope this is not old hat,
> Best,
> ?.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From Rob.Pratt at sas.com Sun Feb 8 04:43:30 2015
From: Rob.Pratt at sas.com (Rob Pratt)
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 03:43:30 +0000
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question re: A250000
References: <9822A525B8DE44D79AD6E4E13405CEB9@OwnerPC>
<54AEBE97.9020305@brennen.net> <88684506471F4A2FA027EEC93A2D771E@OwnerPC>
<8D1F9DFE915F766-83C-DC319@webmail-va113.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID:
Here it is with unoccupied squares indicated with dots (view with a fixed-width font):
....WWWWW........
....WWWWW........
....WWWWW.......W
....WWWW.......WW
....WWW.......WWW
.....W.......WWWW
.............WWWW
.............WWW.
.............WW..
..BB.............
.BBB.............
BBBB.............
BBBB.......B.....
BBBB......BBB....
BBBB.....BBBB....
BBB......BBBB....
BB.......BBBB....
From: Rob Pratt
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 5:18 PM
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Subject: RE: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
Here's a 17x17 solution with 42 queens of each color:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
1
W
W
W
W
W
2
W
W
W
W
W
3
W
W
W
W
W
W
4
W
W
W
W
W
W
5
W
W
W
W
W
W
6
W
W
W
W
W
7
W
W
W
W
8
W
W
W
9
W
W
10
B
B
11
B
B
B
12
B
B
B
B
13
B
B
B
B
B
14
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
15
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
16
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
17
B
B
B
B
B
B
-----Original Message-----
From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Bob Selcoe
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 4:02 PM
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Subject: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
Hello Seqfans,
The sequence A250000 (maximum number of peacefully coexisting equal-sized "armies" of queens on chess boards of varying n X n sizes) poses some fascinating problems.
The length of the sequence is small; only up to a(13) = 24.
The "known" lower bound for a solution is a(n) = 9/64*n^2. There is a link to a paper by Prestwich and Beck referenced in the sequence which expands on this idea. I can't follow the paper, but it apparently provides an upper bound, as well.
For all n = 4m+1 m>=0, I can show a pattern of quasi-symmetric queen placement such that a(n) = 2m(m+1). For m = {0..3}, this is indeed the maximum number of queens possible. For m>=4, these solutions are < the known lower bound of (9/64)*n^2.
I have proposed for A250000 examples of solutions using this queen pattern for n=9 and n=13. Please refer to the sequence history to see the pattern.
Since the pattern yields 40 for n=17, and a(17)=42 is the known lower bound, it (apparently) does not provide a solution for a(17).
Can anyone show an actual example of a 17 X 17 chessboard where the number of queens > 40, even if it can't be proven to be a solution (maximum number of queens) for a(17)?
Best Wishes,
Bob Selcoe
_______________________________________________
Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From rselcoe at entouchonline.net Sun Feb 8 07:52:14 2015
From: rselcoe at entouchonline.net (Bob Selcoe)
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 00:52:14 -0600
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question re: A250000
In-Reply-To:
References: <9822A525B8DE44D79AD6E4E13405CEB9@OwnerPC>
<54AEBE97.9020305@brennen.net> <88684506471F4A2FA027EEC93A2D771E@OwnerPC>
<8D1F9DFE915F766-83C-DC319@webmail-va113.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID:
Hi again Rob an others,
And two more 42-queen variations for n=17:
Alternative 1:
.....WWWWW.......
.....WWWWW.......
.....WWWWW......W
.....WWWW......WW
.....WWW......WWW
......W......WWWW
.............WWWW
.............WWW.
.............WW..
...BB............
..BBB............
.BBBB............
BBBBB......BB....
BBBBB.....BBB....
BBBB......BBB....
BBB.......BBB....
BB........BBB....
Alternative 2:
....WWWW........W
....WWWW.......WW
....WWWW......WWW
....WWWW.....WWWW
.....WW......WWWW
.............WWWW
.............WWW.
.............WW..
.............W...
..BB.............
.BBB.............
BBBB.......B.....
BBBB......BBB....
BBB......BBBB....
BB......BBBBB....
B.......BBBBB....
........BBBBB....
The symmetry of the W-blocks and the quasi-symmetry of the B-blocks for the
second example surprises me.
I wonder if there are any solutions for a(n) > floor_(9n^2/64) for any n?
Cheers,
Bob S
--------------------------------------------------
From: "Rob Pratt"
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 9:43 PM
To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list"
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question re: A250000
> Here it is with unoccupied squares indicated with dots (view with a
> fixed-width font):
>
> ....WWWWW........
> ....WWWWW........
> ....WWWWW.......W
> ....WWWW.......WW
> ....WWW.......WWW
> .....W.......WWWW
> .............WWWW
> .............WWW.
> .............WW..
> ..BB.............
> .BBB.............
> BBBB.............
> BBBB.......B.....
> BBBB......BBB....
> BBBB.....BBBB....
> BBB......BBBB....
> BB.......BBBB....
>
> From: Rob Pratt
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 5:18 PM
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Subject: RE: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
>
>
> Here's a 17x17 solution with 42 queens of each color:
>
>
>
> 1
>
> 2
>
> 3
>
> 4
>
> 5
>
> 6
>
> 7
>
> 8
>
> 9
>
> 10
>
> 11
>
> 12
>
> 13
>
> 14
>
> 15
>
> 16
>
> 17
>
> 1
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 2
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 3
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 4
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 5
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 6
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 7
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 8
>
> W
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 9
>
> W
>
> W
>
> 10
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 11
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 12
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 13
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 14
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 15
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 16
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> 17
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
> B
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Bob
> Selcoe
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 4:02 PM
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Subject: [seqfan] Question re: A250000
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello Seqfans,
>
>
>
> The sequence A250000 (maximum number of peacefully coexisting equal-sized
> "armies" of queens on chess boards of varying n X n sizes) poses some
> fascinating problems.
>
>
>
> The length of the sequence is small; only up to a(13) = 24.
>
>
>
> The "known" lower bound for a solution is a(n) = 9/64*n^2. There is a link
> to a paper by Prestwich and Beck referenced in the sequence which expands
> on this idea. I can't follow the paper, but it apparently provides an
> upper bound, as well.
>
>
>
> For all n = 4m+1 m>=0, I can show a pattern of quasi-symmetric queen
> placement such that a(n) = 2m(m+1). For m = {0..3}, this is indeed the
> maximum number of queens possible. For m>=4, these solutions are < the
> known lower bound of (9/64)*n^2.
>
>
>
> I have proposed for A250000 examples of solutions using this queen pattern
> for n=9 and n=13. Please refer to the sequence history to see the
> pattern.
>
> Since the pattern yields 40 for n=17, and a(17)=42 is the known lower
> bound, it (apparently) does not provide a solution for a(17).
>
>
>
> Can anyone show an actual example of a 17 X 17 chessboard where the number
> of queens > 40, even if it can't be proven to be a solution (maximum
> number of queens) for a(17)?
>
>
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Bob Selcoe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From andrew.weimholt at gmail.com Mon Feb 9 10:29:53 2015
From: andrew.weimholt at gmail.com (Andrew Weimholt)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 01:29:53 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] A027624 initial term
Message-ID:
Hi,
I believe the first term of A027624 should be 2, not 1.
The history shows that Eric W. Weisstein was going to make such a
"correction" a while back, but then changed his mind and backed out the
change.
Can anyone offer an explanation?
Andrew
From franktaw at netscape.net Mon Feb 9 11:12:26 2015
From: franktaw at netscape.net (Frank Adams-Watters)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 05:12:26 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A027624 initial term
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <8D212680A1EAF46-13DC-37227@webmail-va003.sysops.aol.com>
There's the fact that the formula in the definition evaluates to 1 for
n = 0. Why do you think it should be 2?
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Weimholt
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Sent: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 3:29 am
Subject: [seqfan] A027624 initial term
Hi,
I believe the first term of A027624 should be 2, not 1.
The history shows that Eric W. Weisstein was going to make such a
"correction" a while back, but then changed his mind and backed out the
change.
Can anyone offer an explanation?
Andrew
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From franktaw at netscape.net Mon Feb 9 11:14:12 2015
From: franktaw at netscape.net (Frank Adams-Watters)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 05:14:12 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A027624 initial term
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <8D21268490AA7E6-13DC-3722F@webmail-va003.sysops.aol.com>
Sorry, I typed the wrong sequence number. Please ignore my previous
message.
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Weimholt
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Sent: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 3:29 am
Subject: [seqfan] A027624 initial term
Hi,
I believe the first term of A027624 should be 2, not 1.
The history shows that Eric W. Weisstein was going to make such a
"correction" a while back, but then changed his mind and backed out the
change.
Can anyone offer an explanation?
Andrew
_______________________________________________
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From peter.luschny at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 11:30:35 2015
From: peter.luschny at gmail.com (Peter Luschny)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:30:35 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
Message-ID:
In A250544, A223069, A250669, A250692
R. H. Hardin gives the empirical recurrence
a(n) = 16*a(n-1)-106*a(n-2)+376*a(n-3)-769*a(n-4)
+904*a(n-5)-564*a(n-6)+144*a(n-7)
I simply wish to observe that these coefficients are
listed in the ninth row of Peter Bala's A246117.
Peter
From seqfan at hasler.fr Wed Feb 11 12:48:59 2015
From: seqfan at hasler.fr (M. F. Hasler)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:48:59 -0400
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar manner.
Maximilian
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Peter Luschny wrote:
> In A250544, A223069, A250669, A250692
> R. H. Hardin gives the empirical recurrence
>
> a(n) = 16*a(n-1)-106*a(n-2)+376*a(n-3)-769*a(n-4)
> +904*a(n-5)-564*a(n-6)+144*a(n-7)
>
> I simply wish to observe that these coefficients are
> listed in the ninth row of Peter Bala's A246117.
>
> Peter
From rhhardin at att.net Wed Feb 11 13:05:10 2015
From: rhhardin at att.net (Ron Hardin)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:05:10 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link in the table will find them.
It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way without a reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in this family.
rhhardin at mindspring.com
rhhardin at att.net (either)
>________________________________
> From: M. F. Hasler
>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>
>
>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar manner.
>
>Maximilian
>
>
From seqfan at hasler.fr Wed Feb 11 13:23:03 2015
From: seqfan at hasler.fr (M. F. Hasler)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:23:03 -0400
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To: <1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Ron,
I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula should
be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the links
to the column sequences because else you have to do a search with only
the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but often
you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the sequence
already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables A250676 and
A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop up
doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to have
a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why they are
there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is a true
added value, I think.
Maximilian
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link in the table will find them.
>
> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way without a reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
>
> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in this family.
>
>
> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: M. F. Hasler
>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>>
>>
>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar manner.
>>
>>Maximilian
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From rhhardin at att.net Wed Feb 11 13:34:33 2015
From: rhhardin at att.net (Ron Hardin)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:34:33 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links, but not in general. At least it seems that way to me.
I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below. Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page with all the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as any foreign sequence that happens to reference inwards.
rhhardin at mindspring.com
rhhardin at att.net (either)
>________________________________
> From: M. F. Hasler
>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>
>
>Ron,
>
>I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
>understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula should
>be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the links
>to the column sequences because else you have to do a search with only
>the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but often
>you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
>somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the sequence
>already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
>
>Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables A250676 and
>A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop up
>doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
>
>I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to have
>a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why they are
>there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is a true
>added value, I think.
>
>Maximilian
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
>> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link in the table will find them.
>>
>> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way without a reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
>>
>> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in this family.
>>
>>
>> rhhardin at mindspring.com
>> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>>
>>
>>>________________________________
>>> From: M. F. Hasler
>>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>>>
>>>
>>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar manner.
>>>
>>>Maximilian
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
>
From Eric.Angelini at kntv.be Wed Feb 11 14:21:52 2015
From: Eric.Angelini at kntv.be (Eric Angelini)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:21:52 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] a(a(n)+a(n+1)) has property X
Message-ID: <8B00BFBA136BAB43AD27F9EDC3758F03BD24CA4FD9@KNTVSRV01.kntv.local>
Hello SeqFans,
S is the lexico-first permutation of the positive integers with the property ? a(a(n)+a(n+1)) is even ?
S = 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 7, 9, 12, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 17, 19, 22, 21, 24, 26, 23, 25, 28, 27, 30, 29, 32, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, ...
In other words:
a) take two adjacent integers x and y in S
b) let (x + y) = z
c) a(z) is even.
S was extended with the smallest integer not yet in S and not leading to a contradiction.
Testing the formula:
n = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ...
S = 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 7, 9, 12, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 17, 19, 22, 21,...
for n=1 then a(1)=1 and a(2)=2 and a(sum) reads a(1+2) reads a(3) which is 4 (even);
for n=2 then a(2)=2 and a(3)=4 and a(sum) reads a(2+4) reads a(6) which is 6 (even);
for n=3 then a(3)=4 and a(4)=3 and a(sum) reads a(4+3) reads a(7) which is 8 (even);
for n=4 then a(4)=3 and a(5)=5 and a(sum) reads a(3+5) reads a(8) which is 10 (even);
... etc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Remark #1:
The seq T, where a(a(n)+a(n+1)) is always odd is already in the OEIS:
https://oeis.org/A000027
;-D
But if we force a(1)=2 we then get again a permutation of A000027:
T' = 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 8, 10, 15, 12, ,14, 17, 16, 19, 18, 21, 23, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 31, 24, 26, 28, 33, ...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Remark #2:
The seq P, where a(a(n)+a(n+1)) is always prime is also a permutation of of A000027:
P = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 9, 13, 10, 17, 12, 19, 14, 15, 23, 29, 31, 16, 37, 41, 18, ...
Best,
?.
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 17:23:16 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:23:16 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To: <1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Just to clarify one point:
The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
cross-references section.
(there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through every
line)
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links, but not in
> general. At least it seems that way to me.
>
>
> I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
> Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page with all
> the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as any foreign
> sequence that happens to reference inwards.
>
>
> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: M. F. Hasler
> >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
> >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> Hardin
> >
> >
> >Ron,
> >
> >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
> >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula should
> >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the links
> >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search with only
> >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but often
> >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
> >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the sequence
> >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
> >
> >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables A250676 and
> >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop up
> >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
> >
> >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to have
> >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why they are
> >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is a true
> >added value, I think.
> >
> >Maximilian
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link in
> the table will find them.
> >>
> >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way without a
> reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
> >>
> >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in
> this family.
> >>
> >>
> >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
> >>
> >>
> >>>________________________________
> >>> From: M. F. Hasler
> >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
> >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> Hardin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
> >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
> >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar
> manner.
> >>>
> >>>Maximilian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >
> >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From charles.greathouse at case.edu Wed Feb 11 20:15:32 2015
From: charles.greathouse at case.edu (Charles Greathouse)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:15:32 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an entry but
not the xref field?
Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane wrote:
> Just to clarify one point:
>
> The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
> mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
> cross-references section.
>
> (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
> properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
> referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through every
> line)
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
>
> > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links, but not in
> > general. At least it seems that way to me.
> >
> >
> > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
> > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page with all
> > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as any
> foreign
> > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
> >
> >
> > rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > rhhardin at att.net (either)
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: M. F. Hasler
> > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
> > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> > Hardin
> > >
> > >
> > >Ron,
> > >
> > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
> > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula should
> > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the links
> > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search with only
> > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but often
> > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
> > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the sequence
> > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
> > >
> > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables A250676 and
> > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop up
> > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
> > >
> > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to have
> > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why they are
> > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is a true
> > >added value, I think.
> > >
> > >Maximilian
> > >
> > >
> > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link in
> > the table will find them.
> > >>
> > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way without a
> > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
> > >>
> > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in
> > this family.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>________________________________
> > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
> > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
> > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> > Hardin
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
> > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
> > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar
> > manner.
> > >>>
> > >>>Maximilian
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >>
> > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >_______________________________________________
> > >
> > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 20:41:00 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:41:00 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a glance
what sequences are mentioned.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an entry but
> not the xref field?
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane wrote:
>
> > Just to clarify one point:
> >
> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
> > cross-references section.
> >
> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through every
> > line)
> >
> > Best regards
> > Neil
> >
> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> >
> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links, but not
> in
> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page with
> all
> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as any
> > foreign
> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
> > >
> > >
> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
> > >
> > >
> > > >________________________________
> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> > > Hardin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ron,
> > > >
> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula should
> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the links
> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search with only
> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but often
> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the sequence
> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
> > > >
> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables A250676 and
> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop up
> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
> > > >
> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to have
> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why they are
> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is a true
> > > >added value, I think.
> > > >
> > > >Maximilian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs link
> in
> > > the table will find them.
> > > >>
> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
> without a
> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond that.
> > > >>
> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like this, in
> > > this family.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>________________________________
> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> > > Hardin
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a similar
> > > manner.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Maximilian
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >>
> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >_______________________________________________
> > > >
> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From franktaw at netscape.net Wed Feb 11 20:56:01 2015
From: franktaw at netscape.net (Frank Adams-Watters)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:56:01 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <8D2144BE3004646-B34-429C7@webmail-vm109.sysops.aol.com>
Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217"
gives 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Sloane
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
Hardin
I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a
glance
what sequences are mentioned.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
entry but
> not the xref field?
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
wrote:
>
> > Just to clarify one point:
> >
> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
> > cross-references section.
> >
> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
every
> > line)
> >
> > Best regards
> > Neil
> >
> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
Piscataway, NJ.
> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
wrote:
> >
> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
but not
> in
> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
with
> all
> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
any
> > foreign
> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
> > >
> > >
> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
> > >
> > >
> > > >________________________________
> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
R. H.
> > > Hardin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ron,
> > > >
> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
should
> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
links
> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
with only
> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
often
> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
sequence
> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
> > > >
> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
A250676 and
> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
up
> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
> > > >
> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
have
> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
they are
> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
a true
> > > >added value, I think.
> > > >
> > > >Maximilian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
wrote:
> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
link
> in
> > > the table will find them.
> > > >>
> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
> without a
> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
that.
> > > >>
> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
this, in
> > > this family.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>________________________________
> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
R. H.
> > > Hardin
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
similar
> > > manner.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Maximilian
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >>
> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >_______________________________________________
> > > >
> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
_______________________________________________
Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
From peter.luschny at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 21:30:20 2015
From: peter.luschny at gmail.com (Peter Luschny)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:30:20 +0100
Subject: [seqfan] A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
Message-ID:
The discussion went slightly off-topic, and the old habit
to change the name of a thread when the topic changes
seems to be a forgotten virtue.
But let me come back to Hardin's empirical recurrence.
I do not think that it is a coincidence that the coefficients
appear in Bala's A246117 although this is hard demonstrate
at the moment.
In the spirit of experimental math let me look also at
the recurrences a(n) and b(n) (case 2 and 3 in a more
general setup which makes Hardin's c(n) the case 4).
a(n) = 4*a(n-1)-5*a(n-2)+2*a(n-3),
b(n) = 9*b(n-1)-31*b(n-2)+51*b(n-3)-40*b(n-4)+12*b(n-5),
c(n) = 16*c(n-1)-106*c(n-2)+376*c(n-3)-769*c(n-4)+904*c(n-5)-564*c(n-6)+144*c(n-7).
So now my problem are meaningful initial terms,
a(0), a(1), a(2) and b(0), b(1), b(2), b(3), b(4).
Any suggestions for the initial terms?
Peter
From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 21:35:03 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:35:03 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
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I cannot understand why there is ever an objection to
cross-references.
If you are using the OEIS for
what it chiefly intended for, its main purpose, which is to help
you (very often, me) understand a sequence that has come
up in your work, then any hint at all is potentially valuable.
A cross-reference is like someone whispering to you, "I don't know if it
will help, but did you look at A...... ? "
And they should all be listed in the cross-reference section,
so it is easy to find them.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Frank Adams-Watters
wrote:
> Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217" gives
> 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Sloane
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>
>
> I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a glance
> what sequences are mentioned.
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
> charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
>
> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
>>
> entry but
>
>> not the xref field?
>>
>> Charles Greathouse
>> Analyst/Programmer
>> Case Western Reserve University
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
>>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > Just to clarify one point:
>> >
>> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
>> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
>> > cross-references section.
>> >
>> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
>> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
>> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
>>
> every
>
>> > line)
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> > Neil
>> >
>> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
>>
> Piscataway, NJ.
>
>> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
>>
> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
>>
> but not
>
>> in
>> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
>> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
>>
> with
>
>> all
>> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
>>
> any
>
>> > foreign
>> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
>> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >________________________________
>> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
>> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
>> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>
> R. H.
>
>> > > Hardin
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >Ron,
>> > > >
>> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
>> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
>>
> should
>
>> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
>>
> links
>
>> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
>>
> with only
>
>> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
>>
> often
>
>> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
>> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
>>
> sequence
>
>> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
>> > > >
>> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
>>
> A250676 and
>
>> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
>>
> up
>
>> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
>> > > >
>> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
>>
> have
>
>> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
>>
> they are
>
>> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
>>
> a true
>
>> > > >added value, I think.
>> > > >
>> > > >Maximilian
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
>>
> wrote:
>
>> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
>>
> link
>
>> in
>> > > the table will find them.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
>> without a
>> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
>>
> that.
>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
>>
> this, in
>
>> > > this family.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
>> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>>________________________________
>> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
>> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>
> R. H.
>
>> > > Hardin
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
>>
> similar
>
>> > > manner.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>Maximilian
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >_______________________________________________
>> > > >
>> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > >
>> > > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> >
>> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> >
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
From franktaw at netscape.net Wed Feb 11 22:33:49 2015
From: franktaw at netscape.net (Frank Adams-Watters)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:33:49 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Cross-refs (retitled)
In-Reply-To:
References:
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I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm just pointing out how far we are
from doing it that way. I did at one point do some searches for "base"
sequences that did not have the keyword, and corrected a few hundred of
them. I'm not going to do something similar for the thousands of
exceptions to this rule.
I guess the first step is for the editors to start uniformly enforcing
the rule for both new and modified sequences.
Actually, I do object to cross-refs that, if all references of this
sort were added, thousands of cross-refs would be added to a single
sequence. Consider, for the moment, the effect of adding a cross-ref
from A000040 to every sequence that mentions primes. Hints are good,
but not when you can't see the trees for the forest.
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Sloane
To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 2:35 pm
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
Hardin
I cannot understand why there is ever an objection to
cross-references.
If you are using the OEIS for
what it chiefly intended for, its main purpose, which is to help
you (very often, me) understand a sequence that has come
up in your work, then any hint at all is potentially valuable.
A cross-reference is like someone whispering to you, "I don't know if it
will help, but did you look at A...... ? "
And they should all be listed in the cross-reference section,
so it is easy to find them.
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Frank Adams-Watters
wrote:
> Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217"
gives
> 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Sloane
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
Hardin
>
>
> I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a
glance
> what sequences are mentioned.
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
> charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
>
> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
>>
> entry but
>
>> not the xref field?
>>
>> Charles Greathouse
>> Analyst/Programmer
>> Case Western Reserve University
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
>>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > Just to clarify one point:
>> >
>> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
>> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
>> > cross-references section.
>> >
>> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
>> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
>> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
>>
> every
>
>> > line)
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> > Neil
>> >
>> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
>>
> Piscataway, NJ.
>
>> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
>>
> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
>>
> but not
>
>> in
>> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe
below.
>> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
>>
> with
>
>> all
>> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
>>
> any
>
>> > foreign
>> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
>> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >________________________________
>> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
>> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
>> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>
> R. H.
>
>> > > Hardin
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >Ron,
>> > > >
>> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
>> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
>>
> should
>
>> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
>>
> links
>
>> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
>>
> with only
>
>> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
>>
> often
>
>> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it
is
>> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
>>
> sequence
>
>> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
>> > > >
>> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
>>
> A250676 and
>
>> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
>>
> up
>
>> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
>> > > >
>> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
>>
> have
>
>> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
>>
> they are
>
>> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
>>
> a true
>
>> > > >added value, I think.
>> > > >
>> > > >Maximilian
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
>>
> wrote:
>
>> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
>>
> link
>
>> in
>> > > the table will find them.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
>> without a
>> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
>>
> that.
>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
>>
> this, in
>
>> > > this family.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
>> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>>________________________________
>> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
>> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>
> R. H.
>
>> > > Hardin
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
>>
> similar
>
>> > > manner.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>Maximilian
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >_______________________________________________
>> > > >
>> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > >
>> > > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> > >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> >
>> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>> >
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
>
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>
>
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From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 22:54:50 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:54:50 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Cross-refs (retitled)
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References:
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I certainly was not suggesting that if A references B then B should
reference A. That has never been a rule.
(There are remarks about this in one of the ancient
"format of entries" files.)
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Frank Adams-Watters
wrote:
> I'm not disagreeing with that. I'm just pointing out how far we are from
> doing it that way. I did at one point do some searches for "base" sequences
> that did not have the keyword, and corrected a few hundred of them. I'm not
> going to do something similar for the thousands of exceptions to this rule.
>
> I guess the first step is for the editors to start uniformly enforcing the
> rule for both new and modified sequences.
>
> Actually, I do object to cross-refs that, if all references of this sort
> were added, thousands of cross-refs would be added to a single sequence.
> Consider, for the moment, the effect of adding a cross-ref from A000040 to
> every sequence that mentions primes. Hints are good, but not when you can't
> see the trees for the forest.
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Sloane
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 2:35 pm
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>
>
> I cannot understand why there is ever an objection to
> cross-references.
>
> If you are using the OEIS for
> what it chiefly intended for, its main purpose, which is to help
> you (very often, me) understand a sequence that has come
> up in your work, then any hint at all is potentially valuable.
>
> A cross-reference is like someone whispering to you, "I don't know if it
> will help, but did you look at A...... ? "
>
> And they should all be listed in the cross-reference section,
> so it is easy to find them.
>
>
>
> Best regards
> Neil
>
> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Frank Adams-Watters <
> franktaw at netscape.net>
> wrote:
>
> Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217"
>>
> gives
>
>> 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
>>
>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Neil Sloane
>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
>>
> Hardin
>
>>
>>
>> I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a
>>
> glance
>
>> what sequences are mentioned.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Neil
>>
>> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway,
>>
> NJ.
>
>> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
>> charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
>>
>> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
>>
>>>
>>> entry but
>>
>> not the xref field?
>>>
>>> Charles Greathouse
>>> Analyst/Programmer
>>> Case Western Reserve University
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > Just to clarify one point:
>>> >
>>> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
>>> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
>>> > cross-references section.
>>> >
>>> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
>>> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
>>> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
>>>
>>> every
>>
>> > line)
>>> >
>>> > Best regards
>>> > Neil
>>> >
>>> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>>> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>>> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
>>>
>>> Piscataway, NJ.
>>
>> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>>> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
>>>
>>> but not
>>
>> in
>>> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe
>>>
>> below.
>
>> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
>>>
>>> with
>>
>> all
>>> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
>>>
>>> any
>>
>> > foreign
>>> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
>>> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > >________________________________
>>> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
>>> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
>>> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>>
>>> R. H.
>>
>> > > Hardin
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Ron,
>>> > > >
>>> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
>>> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
>>>
>>> should
>>
>> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
>>>
>>> links
>>
>> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
>>>
>>> with only
>>
>> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
>>>
>>> often
>>
>> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it
>>>
>> is
>
>> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
>>>
>>> sequence
>>
>> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
>>>
>>> A250676 and
>>
>> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
>>>
>>> up
>>
>> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
>>>
>>> have
>>
>> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
>>>
>>> they are
>>
>> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
>>>
>>> a true
>>
>> > > >added value, I think.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Maximilian
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>
>> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
>>>
>>> link
>>
>> in
>>> > > the table will find them.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
>>> without a
>>> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
>>>
>>> that.
>>
>> > > >>
>>> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
>>>
>>> this, in
>>
>> > > this family.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
>>> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>>________________________________
>>> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
>>> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>>> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>>
>>> R. H.
>>
>> > > Hardin
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>>> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>>> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
>>>
>>> similar
>>
>> > > manner.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>Maximilian
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
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>>> > > >
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>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
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>>> > >
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>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> >
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>>> >
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
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>>
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From rhhardin at att.net Wed Feb 11 23:05:57 2015
From: rhhardin at att.net (Ron Hardin)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:05:57 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To:
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<8D2144BE3004646-B34-429C7@webmail-vm109.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <1423692357.25896.YahooMailNeo@web185002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
It's easy to add the %Y lines (done!) to the generating programs but it changes how you look at the line if it's an index of mentions above rather than something you might want to look at as decided by a human. Either way is okay. It just changes the use.
The count-against is that you lose the human editor, and so may skip them all because so many are useless.
rhhardin at mindspring.com
rhhardin at att.net (either)
>________________________________
> From: Neil Sloane
>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 3:35 PM
>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>
>
>I cannot understand why there is ever an objection to
>cross-references.
>
>If you are using the OEIS for
>what it chiefly intended for, its main purpose, which is to help
>you (very often, me) understand a sequence that has come
>up in your work, then any hint at all is potentially valuable.
>
>A cross-reference is like someone whispering to you, "I don't know if it
>will help, but did you look at A...... ? "
>
>And they should all be listed in the cross-reference section,
>so it is easy to find them.
>
>
>
>Best regards
>Neil
>
>Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
>Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Frank Adams-Watters
>wrote:
>
>> Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217" gives
>> 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
>>
>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Neil Sloane
>> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
>>
>>
>> I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a glance
>> what sequences are mentioned.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Neil
>>
>> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
>> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
>> charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
>>
>> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
>>>
>> entry but
>>
>>> not the xref field?
>>>
>>> Charles Greathouse
>>> Analyst/Programmer
>>> Case Western Reserve University
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > Just to clarify one point:
>>> >
>>> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
>>> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
>>> > cross-references section.
>>> >
>>> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
>>> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
>>> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
>>>
>> every
>>
>>> > line)
>>> >
>>> > Best regards
>>> > Neil
>>> >
>>> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
>>> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
>>> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
>>>
>> Piscataway, NJ.
>>
>>> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
>>> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
>>>
>> but not
>>
>>> in
>>> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
>>> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
>>>
>> with
>>
>>> all
>>> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
>>>
>> any
>>
>>> > foreign
>>> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
>>> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > >________________________________
>>> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
>>> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
>>> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>>
>> R. H.
>>
>>> > > Hardin
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Ron,
>>> > > >
>>> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
>>> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
>>>
>> should
>>
>>> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
>>>
>> links
>>
>>> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
>>>
>> with only
>>
>>> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
>>>
>> often
>>
>>> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
>>> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
>>>
>> sequence
>>
>>> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
>>>
>> A250676 and
>>
>>> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
>>>
>> up
>>
>>> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
>>>
>> have
>>
>>> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
>>>
>> they are
>>
>>> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
>>>
>> a true
>>
>>> > > >added value, I think.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Maximilian
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
>>>
>> link
>>
>>> in
>>> > > the table will find them.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
>>> without a
>>> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
>>>
>> that.
>>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
>>>
>> this, in
>>
>>> > > this family.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
>>> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>>________________________________
>>> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
>>> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
>>> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
>>> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
>>>
>> R. H.
>>
>>> > > Hardin
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
>>> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
>>> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
>>>
>> similar
>>
>>> > > manner.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>Maximilian
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> _______________________________________________
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>
>
>
>
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >_______________________________________________
>>> > > >
>>> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > > _______________________________________________
>>> > >
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>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> >
>>> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>> >
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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From njasloane at gmail.com Wed Feb 11 23:55:25 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:55:25 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To: <1423692357.25896.YahooMailNeo@web185002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References:
<1423656310.37806.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<1423658073.83338.YahooMailNeo@web185003.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
<8D2144BE3004646-B34-429C7@webmail-vm109.sysops.aol.com>
<1423692357.25896.YahooMailNeo@web185002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Good point, about discouraging human readers.
How about something like this? The machine-generated
cross-references could say:
Cf. (generated automatically): A234111, A234112, ...
Best regards
Neil
Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Ron Hardin wrote:
> It's easy to add the %Y lines (done!) to the generating programs but it
> changes how you look at the line if it's an index of mentions above rather
> than something you might want to look at as decided by a human. Either way
> is okay. It just changes the use.
>
> The count-against is that you lose the human editor, and so may skip them
> all because so many are useless.
>
>
> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> rhhardin at att.net (either)
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Neil Sloane
> >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 3:35 PM
> >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> Hardin
> >
> >
> >I cannot understand why there is ever an objection to
> >cross-references.
> >
> >If you are using the OEIS for
> >what it chiefly intended for, its main purpose, which is to help
> >you (very often, me) understand a sequence that has come
> >up in your work, then any hint at all is potentially valuable.
> >
> >A cross-reference is like someone whispering to you, "I don't know if it
> >will help, but did you look at A...... ? "
> >
> >And they should all be listed in the cross-reference section,
> >so it is easy to find them.
> >
> >
> >
> >Best regards
> >Neil
> >
> >Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> >11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> >Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> >Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> >Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Frank Adams-Watters <
> franktaw at netscape.net>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Just as a point of reference, a search for "A000217 -xref:A000217" gives
> >> 933 matches, out of 2699 that match "A000217".
> >>
> >> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Neil Sloane
> >> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >> Sent: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 1:41 pm
> >> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H.
> Hardin
> >>
> >>
> >> I forget. But the main reason is for humans to be able to see at a
> glance
> >> what sequences are mentioned.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Neil
> >>
> >> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> >> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> >> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway,
> NJ.
> >> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> >> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Charles Greathouse <
> >> charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> What part of Russ' code work improperly when a sequence is in an
> >>>
> >> entry but
> >>
> >>> not the xref field?
> >>>
> >>> Charles Greathouse
> >>> Analyst/Programmer
> >>> Case Western Reserve University
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Neil Sloane
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> > Just to clarify one point:
> >>> >
> >>> > The rule is that if there is a line anywhere in the entry that
> >>> > mentions A123456, then Cf. A123456 should also appear in the
> >>> > cross-references section.
> >>> >
> >>> > (there are two good reasons: so Russ's code works
> >>> > properly, and so the user can easily see if A123456 is
> >>> > referred to anywhere in the entry without having to search through
> >>>
> >> every
> >>
> >>> > line)
> >>> >
> >>> > Best regards
> >>> > Neil
> >>> >
> >>> > Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> >>> > 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> >>> > Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
> >>>
> >> Piscataway, NJ.
> >>
> >>> > Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> >>> > Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Ron Hardin
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > > I agree than any specific case can benefit from two-way links,
> >>>
> >> but not
> >>
> >>> in
> >>> > > general. At least it seems that way to me.
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > I don't understand the first paragraph problem you describe below.
> >>> > > Clicking "refs" in the header of the table gives you a nice page
> >>>
> >> with
> >>
> >>> all
> >>> > > the rows and columns and diagonals expanded for you, as well as
> >>>
> >> any
> >>
> >>> > foreign
> >>> > > sequence that happens to reference inwards.
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > rhhardin at mindspring.com
> >>> > > rhhardin at att.net (either)
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > >________________________________
> >>> > > > From: M. F. Hasler
> >>> > > >To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >>> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:23 AM
> >>> > > >Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
> >>>
> >> R. H.
> >>
> >>> > > Hardin
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >Ron,
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >I am also personally against duplicating links (really never
> >>> > > >understood why an A-number put somewhere in comment or formula
> >>>
> >> should
> >>
> >>> > > >be repeated in Xrefs), but it is nonetheless handy to have the
> >>>
> >> links
> >>
> >>> > > >to the column sequences because else you have to do a search
> >>>
> >> with only
> >>
> >>> > > >the sequence number in order to find them via the backlink, but
> >>>
> >> often
> >>
> >>> > > >you come there following a link and not doing a search (and it is
> >>> > > >somehow counter-intuitive to copy-paste the number of the
> >>>
> >> sequence
> >>
> >>> > > >already displayed on the screen again into the search box...).
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >Also, in the present case there was no link to the tables
> >>>
> >> A250676 and
> >>
> >>> > > >A250691 with almost identical definition, and they would not pop
> >>>
> >> up
> >>
> >>> > > >doing a search for the other sequence numbers.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >I also agree on the "significance" issue, and it is painfully to
> >>>
> >> have
> >>
> >>> > > >a bunch of sequence numbers in the Xrefs without knowing why
> >>>
> >> they are
> >>
> >>> > > >there. But with 2-3 words of explanation or just hints, this is
> >>>
> >> a true
> >>
> >>> > > >added value, I think.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >Maximilian
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ron Hardin
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> > > >> The row/col/diag series always link to the table, so the refs
> >>>
> >> link
> >>
> >>> in
> >>> > > the table will find them.
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> It always seemed like needless clutter to link the other way
> >>> without a
> >>> > > reason beyond existence. It seems to claim significance beyond
> >>>
> >> that.
> >>
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> The inbound links by contrast say that there are more like
> >>>
> >> this, in
> >>
> >>> > > this family.
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> rhhardin at mindspring.com
> >>> > > >> rhhardin at att.net (either)
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >>>________________________________
> >>> > > >>> From: M. F. Hasler
> >>> > > >>>To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >>> > > >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:48 AM
> >>> > > >>>Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of
> >>>
> >> R. H.
> >>
> >>> > > Hardin
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>>I added your comment in A250544, and also several missing
> >>> > > >>>cross-references to sequences which list the rows/cols.
> >>> > > >>>It would be nice if others could edit related sequences in a
> >>>
> >> similar
> >>
> >>> > > manner.
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>>Maximilian
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> _______________________________________________
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >_______________________________________________
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > _______________________________________________
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>> > >
> >>> >
> >>> > _______________________________________________
> >>> >
> >>> > Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>>
> >>> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>>
> >>>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >> Seqfan Mailing list - http://list.seqfan.eu/
> >>
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
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From michel.marcus at free.fr Wed Feb 11 21:15:17 2015
From: michel.marcus at free.fr (michel.marcus at free.fr)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:15:17 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A marginal observation on some tables of R. H. Hardin
In-Reply-To: <1588911053.534795074.1423685610707.JavaMail.root@spooler7-g27.priv.proxad.net>
Message-ID: <115735703.534802904.1423685717411.JavaMail.root@spooler7-g27.priv.proxad.net>
I guess that's why the "refs" link in A000217 is: A000217 -id:A000217 .
Michel Marcus
From zbi74583.boat at orange.zero.jp Mon Feb 9 07:43:48 2015
From: zbi74583.boat at orange.zero.jp (zbi74583.boat at orange.zero.jp)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:43:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: [seqfan] Generalized Amicable Number
Message-ID: <65391.114.49.34.179.1423464228.squirrel@webmail.zero.jp>
Hi,Seqfans
I genaralized Amicable Number as follows
(-1)Sigma(x)=(-1)Sigma(y)=8/5*(x*y)^(1/2)
The definition of (-1)Sigma(x) is here A049060
I computed it by hand
x = 5^2*11*29*2^2*3^2
y = 5^2*11*29*7^2
x = y
= 2^2*3^3*5^2*7*19*29
x = 3^3*7*19*29*2^4
y = 3^3*7*19*29*5^2
Could anyon confirm them and compute
more term?
Yasutoshi
From jfb at brennen.net Thu Feb 12 18:05:53 2015
From: jfb at brennen.net (Jack Brennen)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:05:53 -0800
Subject: [seqfan] Re: Generalized Amicable Number
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For your first pair, it seems that they satisfy the equation:
(-1)Sigma(x)=(-1)Sigma(y)=4/3*(x*y)^(1/2)
I can confirm that the other two you provided are correct.
Is it possible that the ratio of 8/5 doesn't need to be
fixed, but instead of the form 2-2/p ? Given the significance
of the "-2" in the computation of (-1)Sigma(x), I could imagine
how that might make sense.
Pairs that I found that satisfy the equation at the given 8/5
ratio include:
x = y = 2^3*3^3*5*13*19
x = 3^3*7*19*29*2^4
y = 3^3*7*19*29*5^2 {Your 3rd pair}
x = y = 2^4*3^3*5*7*19*29
x = y = 2^2*3^3*5^2*7*19*29 {Your 2nd pair}
x = y = 2^2*3^3*5^3*7*11*19
x = y = 2^6*3*5^5*61
x = y = 2^3*3^2*5^2*7*11*13*29
On 2/8/2015 10:43 PM, zbi74583.boat at orange.zero.jp wrote:
> Hi,Seqfans
> I genaralized Amicable Number as follows
>
> (-1)Sigma(x)=(-1)Sigma(y)=8/5*(x*y)^(1/2)
>
> The definition of (-1)Sigma(x) is here A049060
>
> I computed it by hand
>
> x = 5^2*11*29*2^2*3^2
> y = 5^2*11*29*7^2
>
> x = y
> = 2^2*3^3*5^2*7*19*29
>
> x = 3^3*7*19*29*2^4
> y = 3^3*7*19*29*5^2
>
> Could anyon confirm them and compute
> more term?
>
>
>
> Yasutoshi
>
>
>
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From hpd at hpdale.org Sat Feb 14 01:59:34 2015
From: hpd at hpdale.org (Harvey P. Dale)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:59:34 +0000
Subject: [seqfan] A133579
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I cannot figure out how to generate the terms of the above sequence from its definition.
Best,
Harvey
From franktaw at netscape.net Sat Feb 14 02:33:18 2015
From: franktaw at netscape.net (Frank Adams-Watters)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:33:18 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A133579
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <8D2160D583A7A09-1734-526E2@webmail-vm135.sysops.aol.com>
The definition is clearly wrong, since gcd(n,a(n-1)) always divides
a(n-1).
A133580 seems to be related, and may provide a clue. (BTW, the offset
for A133580 is wrong; from the definition it should be 0.)
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey P. Dale
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Sent: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 6:59 pm
Subject: [seqfan] A133579
I cannot figure out how to generate the terms of the above sequence
from its
definition.
Best,
Harvey
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From njasloane at gmail.com Sat Feb 14 03:13:06 2015
From: njasloane at gmail.com (Neil Sloane)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:13:06 -0500
Subject: [seqfan] Re: A133579
In-Reply-To: <8D2160D583A7A09-1734-526E2@webmail-vm135.sysops.aol.com>
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