@simontatham The fact that you've had some replies from people who know what you're talking about, and no one seems to have seen this before, makes me think it probably is new.
I guess I was over optimistic about (b), or else those people are slower to reply.
It's a very nice conjecture, and I'm sure no one would object if you were to submit the integer sequence to OEIS.
@robinhouston I haven't given up hope of an answer yet – I thought I'd at least wait until my post had existed for at least one weekday! The mailing list may have 'fan' in the title, but surely some people read it on work time.
But you make a good point regardless: since the sequence isn't in OEIS, it seems like a reasonable idea to submit it, whether or not it turns out anyone already knows anything about it. If they do, someone can always come along and add a note later.
@simontatham @robinhouston I was at a talk that NJAS gave recently about his favorite sequences and my big takeaway is that his bar for what sequences are interesting enough to be in OEIS is way, way lower than mine.
@simontatham @robinhouston I tried to write a blog article about this, but I couldn't get the tone right. It kepts sounding like a complaint about the riffraff that Sloane permits through the gate, or sneering at someone else's discoveries that I think are inconsequential.
@mjd @robinhouston I must admit that ever since I first saw https://oeis.org/wiki/Examples_of_what_not_to_submit I've had an abiding curiosity about oblong wombat numbers.
(Presumably they fall foul of some rule against crap sequences)
@simontatham @mjd @robinhouston LOL @ "Numbers that I often think about"
