More Whimsical OEIS Sequences

(jeremykun.com)

46 points | by surprisetalk 2 days ago

4 comments

  • robinhouston 3 hours ago
    The edit history of the “nonsense sequence” makes for painful reading.

    https://oeis.org/history?seq=A133451&start=0&n=30

    • dooglius 3 hours ago
      I am missing some context here what was wrong with the original description?
      • robinhouston 1 hour ago
        The original title was this:

        > Graph substitution of two octahedra inside an icosahedron connected at p=1: disconnected at p=0 ( concept similar to two tetrahedra inside a cube).

        Can you explain what that means, and how it leads to a sequence of integers? I think it is nonsense.

  • tectec 6 hours ago
    For the first mentioned sequences based on fonts, what's the first number in the sequence that has less digits than the previous number?
    • bradrn 5 hours ago
      It looks like that never occurs for Helvetica (A316600) due to the absence of kerning. However, with Arial (A316599) the description notes:

      > a(29368) = 111111 is a first notable anomaly, because its bounding box width of 2675 lies between those of a(29367) = 49115, with bounding box width 2655, and a(29369) = 70002, with bounding box width 2681.

  • dvh 6 hours ago
    Can somebody explain what "less" keyword means? I'm asking for a friend.
    • yunruse 5 hours ago
      According to the wiki [0], "This is a less interesting sequence and is less likely to be the one you were looking for."

      Confusingly, "more" means "please add more terms"...

      [0] https://oeis.org/wiki/Keywords

  • Gander5739 4 hours ago