[seqfan] Re: triple vs triplet

Neil Sloane njasloane at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 17:27:55 CEST 2015


The convention in the OEIS is that "triple" is the preferred term

"triplets" are three children with the same last name, the same address,
and the same birthday



Best regards
Neil

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On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Craig Knecht <craigknecht03 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is there any definition for a triple vs a triplet?  I have a structure
> where I would like to call a linear arrangement of 3 values a triple and a
> elementary triangle arrangement of the values a triplet ( Structure =  a
> triangle tiled with Pythagorean triplets and triples .. see attachment).
>
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