[seqfan] Re: A089755

[Neil Sloane]

Allan, You are right! The binary version of A262356 would begin
1,2,3,4,5,6,8,7,12,9,10,11,13,20,...
Can you please submit it?
An important sequence not in the OEIS.
Clearly a permutation of the natural numbers.

Best regards
Neil

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On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I understood Reinhard's variant properly, then the binary variant should
> start 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,7,12, and this isn't in OEIS either.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:15 PM, M. F. Hasler <oeis at hasler.fr> wrote:
>
> > PS: IMHO it was not absolutely required to add a(1)=11 in the definition
> > (of course it does not harm to "spell this out", though)
> > because one can consider that this is implied by
> > "single digit primes are not allowed unless they arise from [a(n-1)
> > having 0 as 2nd digit]":
> > a(1) = 11 is the smallest prime compatible with this definition,
> > because for the first term a(n-1) is empty => has no 0 as 2nd digit =>
> > a single digit prime is not allowed.
> > --
> > Maximilian
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM, M. F. Hasler <oeis at hasler.fr> wrote:
> > > David, did you have a look at the version
> > > https://oeis.org/history/view?seq=A089755&v=38
> > > I proposed since yesterday, a few hours before your message to seqfan ?
> > >
> > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 9:43 AM, David Wilson <
> davidwwilson at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > >> Regarding A089755:
> > >>
> > >> I was finally able to cob together a program that almost works.
> > >>
> > >> Let "new" mean "not occurring previously in the sequence".
> > >>
> > >> Given element n, I cobbed together the following rule for computing
> the
> > next element n':
> > >>
> > >> if (n is a single-digit number)
> > >> {
> > >>         n' = smallest new prime starting with n;
> > >> }
> > >> else if (next to last digit of n is 0)
> > >> {
> > >>         Remove leading digit of n;
> > >>         n' = smallest new prime starting with n;
> > >> }
> > >> else
> > >> {
> > >>         Remove leading digit of n;
> > >>         n' = smallest new prime > n starting with n;
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> This rule is rather obscure and complicated, and is not deducible from
> > the sequence description.
> > >> This supports my contention that the author was not clear about what
> he
> > was doing.
> > >>
> > >> But even given the rule above, there are a couple of clear mistakes in
> > the sequence.
> > >> By any reasonable definition we should have a(11) = 907 and a(20) =
> 701.
> > >> The sequence needs to have its elements fixed, or be deaded.
> > >>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of
> Frank
> > >>> Adams-Watters
> > >>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 1:29 AM
> > >>> To: seqfan at list.seqfan.eu
> > >>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A089755
> > >>>
> > >>> David: no, the definition is consistent. You are not understanding
> > what is
> > >>> meant by retaining leading zeros.
> > >>>
> > >>> After 13, the 1 is dropped, leaving 3. Since 1 digit numbers are
> > prohibited, we
> > >>> can't get just make 3 the next term; it has to be 31.
> > >>>
> > >>> After 103, the 1 is dropped and we have 03, which is two digits and
> > thus
> > >>> acceptable. This appears in the database as 3, because the OEIS
> > doesn't allow
> > >>> leading zeros; but it's "really" 03.
> > >>>
> > >>> After 03, we drop the leading 0, and get something starting with 3:
> > specifically
> > >>> 37.
> > >>>
> > >>> If I were to program it, which I probably won't, I would store the
> > sequence as
> > >>> strings instead of as numbers.
> > >>>
> > >>> This sequence is clearly the work of someone who, at least at that
> > time, did
> > >>> not understand how to use the empty string.
> > >>>
> > >>> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
> > >>>
> > >>> P.S. If someone can provide a better description, I'm fine with that.
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: David Wilson <davidwwilson at comcast.net>
> > >>> To: 'Sequence Fanatics Discussion list' <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> > >>> Sent: Sat, Sep 19, 2015 12:12 am
> > >>> Subject: [seqfan] Re: A089755
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> A few notes on A089755 et al.(...)
> >
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