decompwlj, to mathematics
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Consider the factorisations of 30 into two proper factors. For each one, add the two factors:

30 = 2×15. 2 + 15 = 17
30 = 3×10. 3 + 10 = 13
30 = 5×6. 5 + 6 = 11

All of them give primes!

I thought this wasn't in the #OEIS, but my code was wrong. It is, in fact, https://oeis.org/A140775

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christianp, (edited ) to random
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EDIT: I was wrong! See the reply.

Time for another puzzling sequence of integers which isn't yet in the #oeis:

809, 859, 941, 1009, 1013, 1019, 1021, ...

Can you work out what these numbers have in common?

I can give big, medium or small hints on demand. If you have an idea, please put it under a content warning.

#ICBINIOEIS

christianp, to random
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I've found another sequence of integers that isn't in the yet:

0, 9, 1, 106, 78, 56, 36, 18, 2, ...

It's infinite, and we can have a discussion about whether the first term should be zero or 71.

See if you can work out what it is. As usual, I can give hints on demand. I reckon I can give a range of hints, from very vague to basically spoilers.

christianp, to random
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Here's a very short sequence of integers that isn't in the yet:

2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11.

(we can have a debate about whether 1 should be in the list)

As usual, I'll give you this sequence without any context, and you can try to work out what it represents, if you like. I'll reply to this post with a diagram that explains where it came from, under the content warning "massive spoiler diagram".

christianp, to random
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How's this for esprit d'escalier: I've just had an idea for a @BigMathsJam talk, the week after it happened.

"ICBINIOEIS - I Can't Believe It's Not in the OEIS"

christianp,
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On that note: #ICBINIOEIS

1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1

Can you tell what the rule is? What's the next term?

#oeis

christianp, (edited ) to random
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Here's an integer sequence that isn't in the #OEIS yet:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,11,22,33,44,55,66,77,88,99,22,22,22

Can you tell what it is? What's the next term?
Answers under a content warning so you don't spoil it for others, please!

(edited to add an 11 I missed)

christianp, to math
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A colleague had their first baby recently, so we've got the baby presents and thought about what you write in a "new baby" card.

When one of mine was born, @peterrowlett gave me the invaluable gift of a card with the words to a lullaby in it, so I'm passing on my own lullaby, which appeals to me because it's just an integer sequence and I can recreate it from first principles: https://aperiodical.com/2021/07/a-lullaby-sequence/

#OEIS #math #parenting

peterluschny, to random

#OEIS #Knuth

Can you beat Donald E. Knuth by providing A365437(20)?

à l'attaque!

christianp, to random
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Here's a mystery integer sequence:

5, 7, 10, 10, 10, 14, 6, ...

It's not in the #oeis. Its partial sums aren't in, either.

Here's a hint: it's to do with QR codes.

Do you know what it represents? Can you give more terms?

Jose_A_Alonso, to math
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Using Walnut to prove results about sequences in the OEIS. ~ Jeffrey Shallit. https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~shallit/Talks/oeis.pdf #ATP #Math #OEIS

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christianp,
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@ionica @hayify I wonder if they just found these by brute force.
There's a related #oeis sequence: https://oeis.org/A030467

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You have pieces labelled 1 to N.
You arrange them in a line N times, so that at turn k the piece labelled k is in position k. (so on the first turn piece 1 is at the start, on turn 2 piece 2 is next to that, and so on)
No piece can be in the same position for two consecutive turns.

How many ways of doing this are there?

For N=3, there's only one:
On turn 1, it must be 1xx
On turn 2, it must be x2x and 2 can't be where it was before, so turn 1 was 132 and turn 2 is 321.
On turn 3 it must be 213.

For N=2, it can't be done.

For N=4, there are loads of ways.

christianp, (edited )
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I've written some code, and the sequence you get for N=1 to 5 is not in the #OEIS yet.

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