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    113423713055421844361000443 (sequence A000058 in the OEIS). Sylvester's sequence is named after James Joseph Sylvester, who first investigated it in 1880...
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  • non-greedy representation, ⁠1/12⁠ + ⁠1/63⁠ + ⁠1/2799⁠ + ⁠1/8708⁠. Sylvester's sequence 2, 3, 7, 43, 1807, ... (OEIS: A000058) can be viewed as generated...
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  • lines. Sylvester matroid, a matroid without any two-point lines. Sylvester's determinant identity. Sylvester's matrix theorem, a.k.a. Sylvester's formula...
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  • prime. It is also the third Wagstaff prime. 43 is the fourth term of Sylvester's sequence, one more than the product of the previous terms (2 × 3 × 7). 43...
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    Znám's problem (category Integer sequences)
    considered similar problems around the same time. The initial terms of Sylvester's sequence almost solve this problem, except that the last chosen term equals...
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    442 = product of the first five terms of Sylvester's sequence 3,263,443 = sixth term of Sylvester's sequence 3,276,509 = Markov prime 3,294,172 = 22×77...
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  • the same as the sequence of prime factors of Sylvester's sequence. Like the Euclid–Mullin sequence, this is a non-monotonic sequence of primes, but it...
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    geometry he is remembered for Sylvester's problem and a result on the orchard problem, and in matrix theory he discovered Sylvester's determinant identity, which...
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    fractions that most rapidly converge to 1 are the reciprocals of Sylvester's sequence, which generate the infinite Egyptian fraction 1 = 1 2 + 1 3 + 1...
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  • {\displaystyle 1} : see, Sylvester's sequence s ( n ) {\displaystyle s(n)} . The product of the first four terms in Sylvester's sequence 2 × 3 × 7 × 43 = 1806...
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  • List of sums of reciprocals (category Theorems about real number sequences)
    the pentatope numbers is ⁠4/ 3 ⁠ . Sylvester's sequence is an integer sequence in which each member of the sequence is the product of the previous members...
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    − 1 − 1 {\displaystyle MM(p)=2^{2^{p}-1}-1} The elements of Sylvester's sequence (sequence A000058 in the OEIS) s n = ⌊ E 2 n + 1 + 1 2 ⌋ {\displaystyle...
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  • 643410546288...} (sequence A118227 in the OEIS) Here ( s i ) i ≥ 0 {\displaystyle (s_{i})_{i\geq 0}} denotes Sylvester's sequence, which is defined recursively...
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  • Sylvester's law of inertia is a theorem in matrix algebra about certain properties of the coefficient matrix of a real quadratic form that remain invariant...
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    four (2, 6, 42, 1806) are one less than the first four numbers in Sylvester's sequence. Sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors. A polygon with...
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  • prime factor of the 9th number in Sylvester's sequence, and is the 15th prime to divide any number in the sequence. There are 1987 polyiamonds with 12...
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  • is a list of notable integer sequences with links to their entries in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS core sequences Index to OEIS...
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  • A000058 : Sylvester's sequence". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2016. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A083186...
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  • {\displaystyle 2^{2^{n}}} , form an irrationality sequence. However, although Sylvester's sequence 2, 3, 7, 43, 1807, 3263443, ... (in which each term...
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    for the fractions in the sequence ⁠1/2⁠, ⁠2/3⁠, ⁠6/7⁠, ⁠42/43⁠, ⁠1806/1807⁠, ... whose denominators form Sylvester's sequence. It has been conjectured...
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  • examples include the set of all prime numbers, the set of elements in Sylvester's sequence, and the set of all Fermat numbers. Two ideals A and B in a commutative...
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  • infinite series of unit fractions, with alternating signs, derived from Sylvester's sequence Cahen–Mellin integral, an integral transform Albert Cahen (1846–1903)...
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  • There are only four of them: 2, 3, 7 and 43 (a sequence suspiciously similar to Sylvester's sequence). Burris & Lee (1993) found that about a fifth of...
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  • flashback sequence, young Sylvester looks like Sylvester Jr. and Sylvester's father looks like the adult Sylvester. He is seen in one of the "Mysterious Phenomenon...
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  • Fermat number (category Integer sequences)
    prime Primality test Proth's theorem Pseudoprime Sierpiński number Sylvester's sequence For any positive odd number m {\displaystyle m} , 2 2 k m + 1 = (...
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  • "Backhouse's Constant". MathWorld. Weisstein, Eric W. "Random Fibonacci Sequence". MathWorld. Weisstein, Eric W. "Komornik-Loreti Constant". MathWorld....
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  • mathematics, Sylvester’s criterion is a necessary and sufficient criterion to determine whether a Hermitian matrix is positive-definite. Sylvester's criterion...
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    of Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation) and also introduced Europe to the sequence of Fibonacci numbers, which he used as an example in Liber Abaci. Fibonacci...
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    Primary pseudoperfect number (category Integer sequences)
    (sequence A054377 in the OEIS). The first four of these numbers are one less than the corresponding numbers in Sylvester's sequence, but then...
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    James Patrick Kent-Smith (born 20 August 1943), known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. Gaining prominence as a physical comedian...
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