▲More Whimsical OEIS Sequences(jeremykun.com)
43 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 2 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 5 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 5 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 3 hours ago
https://xkcd.com/2016/