[seqfan] Re: Inconsistencies in OEIS

Fri Sep 18 13:34:29 CEST 2015

If the sequence has only a few entries, but the next one would be too big,
the appropriate keyword is bref, not more.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Sean A. Irvine <sairvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is conceivable that the terms could be in the b-file but too large
> to list in the sequence line.
>
> On 18 September 2015 at 20:01, Frank Adams-Watters
> <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
> > No, then more terms should be copied from the b-file, instead of adding
> the "more" keyword..
> >
> > Franklin T. Adams-Watters
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Corneth <davidacorneth at gmail.com>
> > To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> > Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 2:29 am
> > Subject: [seqfan] Re: Inconsistencies in OEIS
> >
> >
> > I think More and Full can come together. Suppose a sequence has some
> > 1,000
> > elements, all listed in a b-file, but the data-field only lists 2
> > elements
> > (6 characters) or so. Then both Full and More apply to the
> > sequence.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 7:46 PM, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> There is also nothing wrong with the combination less+more
> >>
> >> Less
> > means we have enough of this kind of sequence, while more
> >> means this
> > particular sequence needs more terms
> >>
> >> 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 Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Neil Sloane
> > <njasloane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > "fini" and "more" is perfectly OK.
> >> >
> >> > It
> > would mean that the sequence is finite, but we need more terms.
> >> >
> >> > [You
> > were probably thinking of "full" and "more",
> >> > which indeed are
> > incompatible]
> >> >
> >> > 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 Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Frank
> > Adams-Watters <
> >> > franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Agreed. Actually,
> > even "fini" and "more" is suspicious, but there are
> >> >> valid cases for it.
> >>
> >>>
> >> >> I tend to think that "nice" and "core" really are incompatible with
> >> >>
> > "obsc" and "uned". Once we figure out what the sequence actually is is
> >> soon
> >>
> >>> enough to apply those labels.
> >> >>
> >> >> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
> >> >>
> >> >>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Charles Greathouse
> > <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
> >> >> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> > <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> >> >> Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 11:55 am
> >> >> Subject:
> > [seqfan] Re: Inconsistencies in OEIS
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I can imagine nice with any
> > of obsc, unkn, and uned. I've seen
> >> submissions
> >> >> which
> >> >> were definitely
> > nice sequences but which required large amounts of
> >> >> editing;
> >> >> without
> > the editing the sequence would have been nice and uned.
> >> >> It's harder to
> >> >>
> > imagine an obsc/unkn sequence being nice, but suppose the
> >> >> supersingular
> > primes
> >> >> were submitted (sufficiently long ago that they were
> >> >> unknown),
> > but with a
> >> >> tantalizing description hinting at moonshine. Not
> >> >> likely,
> > for sure, but probably
> >> >> not wrong by definition.
> >> >>
> >> >> I might argue
> > that probation is incompatible with
> >> >> core, though: we wouldn't
> >> >> delete a
> > core sequence, but that's the purpose of
> >> >> probation. But maybe
> >> >> there's
> > a scenario like the above I haven't considered.
> >> >>
> >> >> I
> >> >> did think of
> > another forbidden combination, though: full and more.
> >> >>
> >> >> Charles
> >> >>
> > Greathouse
> >> >> Analyst/Programmer
> >> >> Case Western Reserve University
> >> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 17,
> >> >> 2015 at 12:35 PM, Max Alekseyev <maxale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Similarly, "nice"
> >> >> and "uned", or "nice" and "unkn" is
> > probably is a no-no
> >> >> > combination.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On
> >> >> Thu, Sep 17, 2015
> > at 11:43 AM, Frank Adams-Watters <
> >> >> > franktaw at netscape.net
> >> >> > >
> >> >>
> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > "nice" should also never appear with "obsc".
> >> >> > >
> >>
> >>> > > Franklin T.
> >> >> Adams-Watters
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > -----Original
> > Message-----
> >> >> > > From: Charles Greathouse
> >> >>
> > <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
> >> >> > > To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
> >>
> >>> <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> >> >> > > Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 10:30 am
> >> >> > >
> > Subject:
> >> >> [seqfan] Re: Inconsistencies in OEIS
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > >
> > If there are any more
> >> >> combinations of keywords that should trigger
> >> >> > >
> > warnings
> >> >> > > I'd like to know.
> >> >> I currently have:
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >
> > - "full" without "fini" -->
> >> >> > > warning (never
> >> >> occurs).
> >> >> > > > -
> > "tabl" and "tabf" together --> warning (occurred 1
> >> >> > > time,
> >> >> fixed
> > now).
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Let's see. Keywords "recycled", "allocated", and
> >> >>
> > "allocating"
> >> >> > > should never
> >> >> > > appear with other keywords. Really
> >>
> >>> keyword:dead should also appear
> >> >> > > alone,
> >> >> > > but in practice
> > there are cases
> >> >> where it does not (I count 54).
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > kw:nice
> >>
> >>> > > should never appear with
> >> >> kw:less.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > kw:easy should
> > never appear with
> >> >> > > kw:hard.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > kw:nonn
> >> >> should never
> > appear with kw:sign.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > The keywords done, dupe,
> >> >> > > huge,
> > and
> >> >> part have been deprecated and should not
> >> >> > > be used in any
> >> >> >
> >> sequences.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Charles Greathouse
> >> >> > >
> > Analyst/Programmer
> >> >> > > Case Western Reserve
> >> >> > >
> >> >> University
> >> >> >
> >>
> >> >> > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Sidney Cadot
> >> >>
> > <sidney at jigsaw.nl>
> >> >> > > wrote:
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > > Hi,
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >
> >> I fixed 21 sequences
> >> >> that had such an error. But you might
> >> >> > > check
> > that
> >> >> > > > > I caught them
> >> >> all.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > It seems so -
> > and from what I can tell you
> >> >> > > also took care
> >> >> of all
> >> >> > > >
> > entries with superfluous commas, so that should care of
> >> >> > > issues
> >> >>
> > (P11)
> >> >> > > > and (P13) on the list.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > It will take ~ 1.5
> > weeks for my
> >> >> local
> >> >> > > copy of the database to refresh
> >> >> > > > the
> > entire database, which will
> >> >> allow the
> >> >> > > parser to check the fixes
> >>
> >>> > > > automatically; this is because I
> >> >> get all data via
> >> >> > > HTTP
> > and I throttle
> >> >> > > > access to under a thousand
> >> >> requests per hour. In
> > fact
> >> >> > > while starting
> >> >> > > > this project I went beyond
> >> >> that,
> > which may show up in the
> >> >> > > server usage
> >> >> > > > statistics and I hope
> > this
> >> >> hasn't cause performance issues -- if
> >> >> > > so I
> >> >> > > >
> > apologize.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > If
> >> >> there is a more direct way to access
> > the data that
> >> >> > > doesn't burden
> >> >> > > > the
> >> >> server as much, I'd be
> > happy to implement it. Also, if
> >> >> > > there is
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> interest to
> > automate the process of detecting issues in the
> >> >> > > database,
> >> >> > > >
> >>
> >>> I will be happy to hand over my scripts once they have
> >> >> > > stabilized.
> >>
> >>> > > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > There was one that had both tabl and tabf keywords.
> >>
> >>> > > > > I
> >> >> > > don't know
> >> >> if you considered that an error - it is
> >>
> >>> > > >
> >> >> > > > I added that condition as
> >> >> >
> >> >> > a check and re-ran,
> > A212013 seems to have
> >> >> > > > been the only entry that had
> >> >> this
> >> >> > >
> > particular combination.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > If there are any more
> > combinations
> >> >> of keywords that
> >> >> > > should trigger
> >> >> > > > warnings
> > I'd like to know. I currently
> >> >> have:
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > - "full"
> >> >> > >
> > without "fini" --> warning (never occurs).
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> - "tabl" and "tabf"
> > together -->
> >> >> > > warning (occurred 1 time, fixed now).
> >> >> > >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> > > Kind regards
> >> >> > > >  Sidney
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >>
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