http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatternCirtur wrote:Listen if you don't like words don't use them. Clearly you're having trouble here. A pattern MEANS something repeating of significance. If the point you are trying to make is that you can put together sequences that work, good for you, I wish you all the best in your life*. However, by using the word pattern you asked for something subjective. And the best argument for what comes next is 49 in 3 different ways.
Any sequence of numbers that may be modeled by a mathematical function is considered a pattern.
Any sequence of numbers that may be modeled by a mathematical function is considered a pattern.
y = 5x + 3 is a pattern.
You're pulling your entire definition of a pattern out of your arz. YOU are the one having trouble here. You have trouble accepting that your idea of a pattern is meaningless mathematically.
Define this "significance" of yours mathematically.
I should be able to look at y = 5x +3 and y = 5x + 5 and see what the significance rating is for the first and what it is for the second.
Is y=10x a better pattern than y=x^2? y=x is a much simpler formula than y=x^2, therefore y=x^2 is obviously not a real pattern by occam's razor.