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  • Gander5739 3 hours

    https://xkcd.com/2016/

  • tectec 5 hours

    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 4 hours

    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 5 hours

    Can somebody explain what "less" keyword means? I'm asking for a friend.

    yunruse 5 hours

    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

  • robinhouston 2 hours

    The edit history of the “nonsense sequence” makes for painful reading.

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

    dooglius 2 hours

    I am missing some context here what was wrong with the original description?

    robinhouston 31 minutes

    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.