User talk:Gus Wiseman

How I do cross-references

I organize OEIS cross-references (OCRs) into three types: long relative OCRs, long absolute OCRs, and short OCRs. I sort all three sections independently by A-number (or the first A-number appearing if there are more than one). To distinguish between the first two types, I always start long relative OCRs with text, like:

 The version for prime factors instead of indices is A343943.
 These compositions are ranked by A345169.

Then I start long absolute OSRs with their A-numbers, like:

 A032020 counts strict compositions.
 A056239 adds up a number's prime indices, row sums of A112798.

This distinction is purely organizational. The short OCRs are just a list of A-numbers, like:

 Cf. A005649, A008965, A114901, A178470, A333755.

Notes:

• Sometimes individual short OCRs have short parenthetical explanations.
• I try to avoid having more than two lines of short OCRs, so no more than 16 A-numbers.
• I try hard to fit each long OCR on a single line.

If you have a helpful or interesting OCR contribution to one of my sequences, please do not hesitate to add it to the appropriate section. Note that it is not normal to sign an OCR unless it is making a conjecture or asking a question, which is not a recommended use of the crossrefs section. --Gus Wiseman (talk) 07:24, 7 August 2021 (EDT)