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

[Neil Sloane]

I agree too, and I'll change this tomorrow (unless someone else has done it)
Best regards
Neil

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Charles Greathouse
<charles.greathouse at case.edu> wrote:
> 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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