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== 1 is the loneliest number... == |
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The OEIS thinks the sequence starts at 1. Obviously the task as originally specified draws from a source that thinks you should skip the 1, perhaps by analogy with prime numbers, which might or might not be construed as a false analogy, since the sequence contains other non-primes like 25, and since this sieve is based on position, not on value, as primes are. I like it with the 1, and marked the Python entry as incorrect somewhat tongue-in-cheekly, but I think we can agree that we oughta agree on definition one way or the other before this becomes a real task. <tt>:-)</tt> --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] ([[User talk:TimToady|talk]]) 21:41, 15 March 2014 (UTC) |
The OEIS thinks the sequence starts at 1. Obviously the task as originally specified draws from a source that thinks you should skip the 1, perhaps by analogy with prime numbers, which might or might not be construed as a false analogy, since the sequence contains other non-primes like 25, and since this sieve is based on position, not on value, as primes are. I like it with the 1, and marked the Python entry as incorrect somewhat tongue-in-cheekly, but I think we can agree that we oughta agree on definition one way or the other before this becomes a real task. <tt>:-)</tt> --[[User:TimToady|TimToady]] ([[User talk:TimToady|talk]]) 21:41, 15 March 2014 (UTC) |
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:Thanks Tim, I was so focused on the sieve loop, I forgot the initial 1. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 08:23, 16 March 2014 (UTC) |
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1 is the loneliest number...
The OEIS thinks the sequence starts at 1. Obviously the task as originally specified draws from a source that thinks you should skip the 1, perhaps by analogy with prime numbers, which might or might not be construed as a false analogy, since the sequence contains other non-primes like 25, and since this sieve is based on position, not on value, as primes are. I like it with the 1, and marked the Python entry as incorrect somewhat tongue-in-cheekly, but I think we can agree that we oughta agree on definition one way or the other before this becomes a real task. :-) --TimToady (talk) 21:41, 15 March 2014 (UTC)