Let's cheat and look it up in oeis.org …
Skip's sequence is A027688, dropping the first term
A027688 is defined as: (n^2 + n + 3)
but (n*n + n + 3) gives better results with (13 :)

q=: 13 : '(y*y) + y + 3'

q

*~ + 3 + ]

q >:i.10

5 9 15 23 33 45 59 75 93 113


Has anyone tried automating OEIS lookup? It could be the basis for a nifty
new primitive adverb: (...) as in:

5 9 15 23 33 ...

On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 at 02:11, Elijah Stone <elro...@elronnd.net> wrote:

> Ah, David beat me to it! :)
>
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2022, Elijah Stone wrote:
>
> > Here's how I would do it:
> >
> >    3++/\+:i.10
> > 3 5 9 15 23 33 45 59 75 93
> >
> > This preserves the 'missing' initial term of 3.  If you don't want it,
> > replace i.10 with >:i.10.
> >
> >  -E
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Mar 2022, 'Skip Cave' via Programming wrote:
> >
> >> I have this series:
> >>
> >> 5 9 15 23 33 ....
> >>
> >> 5+4
> >>
> >> 9
> >>
> >> 9+6
> >>
> >> 15
> >>
> >> 15+8
> >>
> >> 23
> >>
> >> 23+10
> >>
> >> 33
> >>
> >>
> >> How can I use the power conjunction to generate this series?
> >>
> >> Is there a more concise method to generate this than the power
> conjunction?
> >>
> >>
> >> Skip
> >>
> >>
> >> Skip Cave
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