[seqfan] Re: min k: tau^n(k) = 2

[Neil Sloane]

>  Can we add comments to a dead sequence? Is this observation reason
enough to resurrect it?

It's fine with me.

Best regards
Neil

Neil J. A. Sloane, Chairman, OEIS Foundation.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University,
Email: njasloane at gmail.com



On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 1:59 PM <hv at crypt.org> wrote:

> A036460 is described as "Erroneous version of A009287" and "dead".
> (The history suggests it was created to be a placeholder, not that
> it was originally proposed in error; however the "references"
> comment in A009287 suggests otherwise.)
>
> Last night, though, I considered "min k: tau^n(k) = 2", and I think
> A036460 would be a correct rendition of this sequence with offset 0.
>
> Can we add comments to a dead sequence? Is this observation reason
> enough to resurrect it?
>
> Might "min k: tau^n(k) = 2" diverge from A009287 in later values?
> It seems possible in theory, since a(7) is not in A002183.
>
> Hugo
>
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