Talk:Sphenic number
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I object to Ams80 calling mathematical facts such as Catalan numbers and pentagonality "pointless trivia"; facts such as these are extremely relevant to articles about numbers. But I don't object to Ams80 removing those facts from this page, since those facts at least are stated in the pages on the individual numbers in question. PrimeFan 23:11, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Maybe I should clarify, I didn't mean to say, and don't believe, that concepts such as Catalan numbers and pentagonality are "pointless trivia". What I meant to say was that, for example, the fact that 105 is 12-agonal, is completely irrelevant to the topic of the page, that is why I viewed the entries as pointless trivia. I think that lists should only include information on the list elements if it is in some way relevant, for example at Trinity College, Cambridge it makes sense to me to have information about why notable alumni are notable but I wouldn't expect information completely unrelated to being an alumni listed, such as how many children they had, or where they were born. Information like that should be in the article about the person, and I feel the same way about the numbers in this article, trivia unrelated to number x being a sphenic number should be in the article about number x (if anywhere). Just my opinions -- Ams80 00:10, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Now I understand where you're coming from and I agree with you. Thanks for clarifying. PrimeFan 17:18, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Sphenic?
Where does the name sphenic come from? [1] (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sphenic+number%22) gives 1,710 hits most of which are Wikipedia clones. [2] (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sphenic+number%22+-wikipedia+-encyclopedia) cuts this down to 109, and many of those seem to be based on Wikipedia. Template:OEIS does not use the word. --Henrygb 16:52, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)