First  q: x  tells you that all elements of x are prime.
Then  _1 p: x tells you the indices of the primes,
and the indices are readily recognizable as a sequence.



----- Original Message -----
From: Kip Murray <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:01
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Takes from a mystery sequence
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>

> Part two: If you used J to help you figure out the sequence, tell
> 
> Kip Murray wrote:
> > Verb i. produces takes from the sequence of non-negative integers:
> > 
> >     i.20
> > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
> >     i.5
> > 0 1 2 3 4
> >     5 {. i.20
> > 0 1 2 3 4
> > 
> > Verb s generates takes from a mystery sequence (no peeking in 
> Sloane, please)
> > 
> >     s 13
> > 2 3 7 19 53 131 311 719 1619 3671 8161 17863 38873
> >     s 5
> > 2 3 7 19 53
> >     5 {. s 13
> > 2 3 7 19 53
> > 
> > Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to provide a 
> definition for s . 
> >   As always, these instructions will
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