[seqfan] Re: Keyword modifiers

[Charles Greathouse]

> Note that F numbers would handle both irregular tables and rationals, as
> well as complex integers (which could easily be added to the keywords). But
> it also handles functions of tuples, rationals, and Gaussians

Yes, that's why I like it. It solves mot just the immediate issue but
the larger underlying one. And often it makes sense to refer not to
one sequence but a particular combination of them. (What are the
asymptotics of A000367? It's hard to say. But more can be said about
the fraction...)

I'm patient -- we don't need this now or even this year. But I do
think it's worthwhile.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:59 PM,  <franktaw at netscape.net> wrote:
> Yes, I actually prefer my earlier suggestion, too.
>
> Note that F numbers would handle both irregular tables and rationals, as
> well as complex integers (which could easily be added to the keywords). But
> it also handles functions of tuples, rationals, and Gaussians, none of which
> are readily handled by the approach under consideration. I would rather see
> a more difficult but more complete approach than a series of incremental
> advances that never reaches the same level.
>
> I am available to help with programming such a feature.
>
> (By the way, the F in F numbers stands for "function"; the idea being to
> represent as many types of discrete functions as we reasonably can.)
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
>
> P.S. Thanks for the encouragement, Charles. I had almost given up on F
> numbers due to the general lack of response.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Greathouse <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
>
> *earlier* suggestion, that is...
>
> http://list.seqfan.eu/pipermail/seqfan/2009-January/000479.html
>
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
>
>
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