[seqfan] Re: A problem with keyword "unkn"

[Charles Greathouse]

I agree with Giovanni.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Giovanni Resta <g.resta at iit.cnr.it> wrote:

> A recent submission ( https://oeis.org/draft/A259013 ) had Michel Marcus
> and me notice a little discrepancy between the
> clear-and-cut examples for "unkn" keyword:
>
> http://oeis.org/wiki/Clear-cut_examples_of_keywords
>
> and the tooltip the users see passing the mouse over "unkn",
> that is:
> "little is known; an unsolved problem.  anyone who can find a formula or
> recurrence is encouraged to send it in."
>
> If I remember correctly, usually this keyword is used for sequences
> for which the definition itself is unknown (as said in the clear-and-cut
> example), not for those sequences (a multitude!) for which
> a closed formula is unknown.
>
> Maybe it would be better to change the tooltip, because it can
> confuse some new submitters.
>
> Giovanni
>
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