[seqfan] Re: A086714

[Fred Lunnon]

  I agree with Brendan McKay here; but amending "equilateral figure" to
"regular polygon"
should render the comment less opaque, and harmless enough to leave in
situ.    WFL

P.S.  He's behind you !!



On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 1:59 PM David Seal <david.j.seal at gwynmop.com> wrote:

> I agree with Ray that performing the procedure described in the comment
> generates the sequence.
>
> It seems less clear to me that performing the procedure described in the
> comment is a sensible thing to do.
>
> Are those perhaps what lie behind the "makes sense" and "makes no sense"
> points of view respectively? If so, I'd be very reluctant to throw correct
> comments that describe ways to generate sequences away just because some
> users of the OEIS don't think they're sensible things to do.
>
> David
>
>
> > On 18/09/2021 09:27 rayjchandler at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >
> >
> > Start with 4.  So take a regular polygon with 4 sides - a square.
> Connect
> > all the vertices and you get the four original sides plus the two
> diagonals
> > for 6 total edges.
> > Next step take a regular polygon with six sides.  Connect all the
> vertices
> > and you get the six original sides plus nine internal connections for a
> > total of 15. Repeat.
> > So the sequence begins 4, 6, 15, ...  What about that does not make
> sense?
> > Ray
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SeqFan <seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu> On Behalf Of Neil Sloane
> > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2021 12:09 AM
> > To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> > Subject: [seqfan] Re: A086714
> >
> > It doesn't make sense.
> >
> > It does make sense.
> >
> > No it doesn't.
> >
> > Could some impartial person kindly clear this up?
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> > Neil
> >
> > Neil J. A. Sloane, Chairman, 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 Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 11:19 PM Brendan McKay via SeqFan <
> > seqfan at list.seqfan.eu> wrote:
> >
> > > I think it should just be deleted as it doesn't make sense and
> > > adjusting it to make it meaningful will also make it trivial.
> > >
> > > Brendan.
> > >
> > > On 18/9/21 7:08 am, Frank Adams-watters via SeqFan wrote:
> > > > I'm looking at
> > > https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foeis
> > > .org%2FA086714&data=04%7C01%7Cbrendan.mckay%40anu.edu.au%7C89fd820
> > > 3600e44d9f95208d97a1f62e8%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7
> > > C637675098115945307%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIj
> > > oiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=y5mjsRoX1GQo
> > > GK09NdUNYGuLFedC8ksnIYD1xRzqiHU%3D&reserved=0,
> > > specifically at the comment "Interpretation through plane geometry
> ...".
> > > This comment seems to be about
> > > https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foeis
> > > .org%2FA000217&data=04%7C01%7Cbrendan.mckay%40anu.edu.au%7C89fd820
> > > 3600e44d9f95208d97a1f62e8%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7
> > > C637675098115945307%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIj
> > > oiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7lSje6ZeKj0p
> > > HHmHv%2Fyi8SRcA1gibX2qdqnf4FaH4mw%3D&reserved=0
> > > (triangular numbers), and not really about this sequence. I'm not
> inclined
> > >   to simply delete this comment, although if it was entirely up to me,
> > > I would do so.
> > > >
> > > > Comments?
> > > >
> > > > Franklin T. Adams-Watters
> > > >
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> > > 00e44d9f95208d97a1f62e8%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C6
> > > 37675098115945307%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoi
> > > V2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4syBBDeBVFEEGR
> > > IOJsSkBHDROfsRaDih6XcTaAhsEbg%3D&reserved=0
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