Re: Re: algebraic numbers
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- Subject: [mg106175] Re: [mg106161] Re: algebraic numbers
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 05:58:26 -0500 (EST)
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The simplest algorithm for determining "what's the next term" is simply "fill in the first bubble". Bobby On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:42:21 -0600, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > > On 2 Jan 2010, at 19:05, DrMajorBob wrote: > >> If one had the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences handy, those SAT >> questions could be interesting. But they'd still be nonsense. > > I think only their wording should be changed to something like: "find > the simplest formula generating the sequence ... where simplest means > requiring the least number of standard mathematical symbols to write > down". These kind of questions, of course, should probably allow the > possibility that the person answering the question finds an answer that > is simpler than the expected one. > > -- DrMajorBob at yahoo.com